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1197. The Gloves Are Off: The State of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Use in Contact, Droplet, and Standard Precautions at a Major Teaching Hospital
BACKGROUND: PPE (gowns, gloves and masks) is used in standard precautions (SP) as well as for contact, droplet or airborne isolation. Improper PPE use can lead to self-contamination and transmission of infectious agents, and at our institution the quality of PPE use has not been well assessed. For q...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6809064/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.1060 |