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Diane Mulvey1, Jeanmarie Mayer1, Lindsay Visnovsky1
1Division of Epidemiology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT; IDEAS Center, Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Salt Lake City, UT.
Abstract:
Personal protective equipment (PPE) training aims to reinforce the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines for donning and doffing; however, many health care and ancillary personnel use non-guideline methods to don and doff their PPE gowns and gloves. We found that hospital personnel commonly deviated from the guidelines, increasing the likelihood of self-contamination. Furthermore, securing the gown ties inappropriately was an especially common problem that consequently increased doffing missteps.
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