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Effect of single- versus double-gloving on virus transfer to health care workers’ skin and clothing during removal of personal protective equipment

BACKGROUND: The removal of personal protective equipment (PPE) after patient care may result in transfer of virus to hands and clothing of health care workers (HCWs). The risk of transfer can be modeled using harmless viruses to obtain quantitative data. To determine whether double-gloving reduces v...

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Autores principales: Casanova, Lisa M., Rutala, William A., Weber, David J., Sobsey, Mark D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Mosby, Inc. 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7115263/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21831480
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2011.04.324