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Shoena Wotherspoon1, Sheree Conroy1
1Medical Education Unit, Toowoomba Hospital, Toowoomba, 4350, Australia; University of Queensland Rural Clinical School, University of Queensland, Toowoomba, 4350, Australia.
Background:
Personal protective equipment (PPE) compliance is important to reduce the rate of transmission of virulent pathogens to health care workers. Medical officer compliance with PPE protocol for COVID-19 was audited in a regional hospital in Australia early in the pandemic response.
Methods:
Compliance was assessed based on the order and technique of donning and doffing PPE, with medical officers from multiple departments and levels of seniority audited.
Results:
Average compliance from all participants was 58.61% with donning and 68.84% with doffing.
Conclusion:
Medical Officer compliance with PPE donning and doffing was poor and additional training was required.
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