Virus Transfer from Personal Protective Equipment to Healthcare Employees’ Skin and Clothing

We evaluated a personal protective equipment removal protocol designed to minimize wearer contamination with pathogens. Following this protocol often resulted in virus transfer to hands and clothing. An altered protocol or other measures are needed to prevent healthcare worker contamination.

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Autores principales: Casanova, Lisa, Alfano-Sobsey, Edie, Rutala, William A., Weber, David J., Sobsey, Mark
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2600382/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18680659
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1408.080085
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author Casanova, Lisa
Alfano-Sobsey, Edie
Rutala, William A.
Weber, David J.
Sobsey, Mark
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Rutala, William A.
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spelling pubmed-26003822009-01-13 Virus Transfer from Personal Protective Equipment to Healthcare Employees’ Skin and Clothing Casanova, Lisa Alfano-Sobsey, Edie Rutala, William A. Weber, David J. Sobsey, Mark Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We evaluated a personal protective equipment removal protocol designed to minimize wearer contamination with pathogens. Following this protocol often resulted in virus transfer to hands and clothing. An altered protocol or other measures are needed to prevent healthcare worker contamination. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008-08 /pmc/articles/PMC2600382/ /pubmed/18680659 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1408.080085 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Dispatch
Casanova, Lisa
Alfano-Sobsey, Edie
Rutala, William A.
Weber, David J.
Sobsey, Mark
Virus Transfer from Personal Protective Equipment to Healthcare Employees’ Skin and Clothing
title Virus Transfer from Personal Protective Equipment to Healthcare Employees’ Skin and Clothing
title_full Virus Transfer from Personal Protective Equipment to Healthcare Employees’ Skin and Clothing
title_fullStr Virus Transfer from Personal Protective Equipment to Healthcare Employees’ Skin and Clothing
title_full_unstemmed Virus Transfer from Personal Protective Equipment to Healthcare Employees’ Skin and Clothing
title_short Virus Transfer from Personal Protective Equipment to Healthcare Employees’ Skin and Clothing
title_sort virus transfer from personal protective equipment to healthcare employees’ skin and clothing
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2600382/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18680659
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1408.080085
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