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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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Autores principales: Krishna, Sneha, Ben-Aderet, Michael, Cuzzolina, Jennifer, Fanelli, Isabel, Fawcett, Sharon E, Garland, Jennifer, Madhusudhan, Meghan, Grein, Jonathan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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