Healthcare Workers’ Strategies for Doffing Personal Protective Equipment | Zendy

Jure Baloh | Zendy; Heather Schacht Reisinger | Zendy; Kimberly Dukes | Zendy; Jaqueline Pereira da Silva | Zendy; Hugh Salehi | Zendy; Melissa Ward | Zendy; Emily E. Chasco | Zendy; Priyadarshini R. Pennathur | Zendy; Loreen A. Herwaldt | Zendy

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Healthcare Workers’ Strategies for Doffing Personal Protective Equipment

Author(s) -

Jure Baloh,

Heather Schacht Reisinger,

Kimberly Dukes,

Jaqueline Pereira da Silva,

Hugh Salehi,

Melissa Ward,

Emily E. Chasco,

Priyadarshini R. Pennathur,

Loreen A. Herwaldt

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciz613

Subject(s) - medicine , personal protective equipment , health care , healthcare worker , medical emergency , covid-19 , pathology , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics , economic growth

Personal protective equipment (PPE) helps protect healthcare workers (HCWs) from pathogens and prevents cross-contamination. PPE effectiveness is often undermined by inappropriate doffing methods. Our knowledge of how HCWs approach doffing PPE in practice is limited. In this qualitative study, we examine HCWs' perspectives about doffing PPE.

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