Common Behaviors and Faults When Doffing Personal Protective Equipment for Patients with Serious Communicable Diseases

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 69, Issue , 2019, Pages S214-S220

  Mumma, Joel M ^a   Durso, Francis T ^a   Casanova, Lisa M ^b   Erukunuakpor, Kimberly ^b   Kraft, Colleen S ^c,d   Ray, Susan M ^c   Shane, Andi L ^e   Walsh, Victoria L ^c   Shah, Puja Y ^c   Zimring, Craig ^a   Dubose, Jennifer ^a   Jacob, Jesse T ^c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Weill Cornell Medicine   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

human factors; occupational health; personal protective equipment; risk analysis; serious communicable disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; GEORGIA (U.S.); HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; NURSE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKLOAD; DEVICES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; GAS MASK; INFECTION CONTROL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PROTECTIVE GLOVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION TRAINING;

GEORGIA; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HAND HYGIENE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION TRAINING;

EID: 85072140816     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciz614     Document Type: Article

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