Evaluation of gowns and coveralls used by medical personnel working with Ebola patients against simulated bodily fluids using an Elbow Lean Test

Jaques, Peter A.; Gao, Pengfei; Kilinc-Balci, Selcen; Portnoff, Lee; Weible, Robyn; Horvatin, Matthew; Strauch, Amanda; Shaffer, Ronald

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Evaluation of gowns and coveralls used by medical personnel working with Ebola patients against simulated bodily fluids using an Elbow Lean Test

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11 2016
By Jaques, Peter A. ; Gao, Pengfei ; Kilinc-Balci, Selcen ; ...

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J Occup Environ Hyg
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Jaques, Peter A. ; Gao, Pengfei ; Kilinc-Balci, Selcen ; Portnoff, Lee ; Weible, Robyn ; Horvatin, Matthew ; Strauch, Amanda ; Shaffer, Ronald
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Gowns and coveralls are important components of protective ensembles used during the management of known or suspected Ebola patients. In this study, an Elbow Lean Test was used to obtain a visual semi-quantitative measure of the resistance of medical protective garments to the penetration of two bodily fluid simulants. Tests were done on swatches of continuous and discontinuous regions of fabrics cut from five gowns and four coveralls at multiple elbow pressure levels (2-44 PSI). Swatches cut from the continuous regions of one gown and two coveralls did not have any strike-through. For discontinuous regions, only the same gown consistently resisted fluid strike-through. As hypothesized, with the exception of one garment, fluid strike-through increased with higher applied elbow pressure, was higher for lower fluid surface tension, and was higher for the discontinuous regions of the protective garments.
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Blood Bodily Secretions Equipment Safety Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola Humans Occupational Exposure Protective Clothing Surface Tension Textiles
Keywords:

Ebola Elbow Lean Test Medical Garment Strike-through Synthetic Blood
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J Occup Environ Hyg. 13(11):881-893
Pubmed ID:

27171285
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC9724155
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Journal Article
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CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
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13
Issue:

11
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CDC Public Access
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