Environmental and Personal Protective Equipment Contamination during Simulated Healthcare Activities

Annals of Work Exposures and Health

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2019, Pages 784-796

  Weber, Rachel T ^a   Phan, Linh T ^a   Fritzen Pedicini, Charissa ^a   Jones, Rachael M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol Generating procedures; fluorescein; healthcare; personal protective equipment; simulation; surface contamination

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; BODY FLUIDS; CONTAMINATION; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL SURFACES; EXPERIMENTAL TRIALS; HEALTHCARE WORKERS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SIMULATED BODILY FLUID; VITAL SIGN;

HEALTH CARE;

FLUORESCEIN;

BODY FLUID; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL DEVICE CONTAMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROCEDURES; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT;

BODY FLUIDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FLUORESCEIN; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT;

EID: 85069675994     PISSN: 23987308     EISSN: 23987316     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annweh/wxz048     Document Type: Article

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