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

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

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Aug 2008
By Casanova, Lisa ; Alfano-Sobsey, Edie ; Rutala, William A. ; ...

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Alternative Title:

Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:

Casanova, Lisa ; Alfano-Sobsey, Edie ; Rutala, William A. ; Weber, David J. ; Sobsey, Mark
Description:

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.
Subjects:

Clothing Contamination Disease Transmission, Infectious Dispatch Equipment Contamination Healthcare Worker Humans Occupational Health PPE Protective Devices Skin Virus Diseases
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 14(8):1291-1293.
Document Type:

Journal Article
Volume:

14
Issue:

8
Collection(s):

Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:29104abf9cd32262ff8cee0ebf0567b2c59a9fb5b6c54b54e64f5c421c989ec8
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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/17195/cdc_17195_DS1.pdf
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