Building a personal protective equipment monitor team as part of a comprehensive COVID-19 prevention strategy

We instituted Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Monitors as part of our care of COVID-19 patients in high-risk zones. PPE Monitors aided health care personnel (HCP) in donning and doffing, which contributed to nearly zero transmission of COVID-19 to HCP, despite their care of over 1400 COVID-19 pa...

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Autores principales: Summerlin-Long, Shelley, Selimos, Amy, Brewer, Brooke, Buchanan, Mark, Clark, Christa, Croyle, Karen, Culbreth, Cynthia, Monte, Pamela Del, DiBiase, Lauren M., Hendrickson, Lori, Miller, Pam, Schnell, Natalie, Schultz, Katherine, Stancill, Lisa, Teal, Lisa, Sickbert-Bennett, Emily, Weber, David J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. 2021
Materias:
Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8372438/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34416314
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2021.08.009
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Sumario:We instituted Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Monitors as part of our care of COVID-19 patients in high-risk zones. PPE Monitors aided health care personnel (HCP) in donning and doffing, which contributed to nearly zero transmission of COVID-19 to HCP, despite their care of over 1400 COVID-19 patients.

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