Development and Comparison of Complementary Methods to Study Potential Skin and Inhalational Exposure to Pathogens During Personal Protective Equipment Doffing | Zendy

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Development and Comparison of Complementary Methods to Study Potential Skin and Inhalational Exposure to Pathogens During Personal Protective Equipment Doffing

Author(s) -

Jennifer Therkorn,

David Drewry,

Jennifer Andonian,

Lauren E. Benishek,

Carrie Billman,

Ellen R. Forsyth,

Brian T. Garibaldi,

Elaine Nowakowski,

Kaitlin RainwaterLovett,

Lauren Sauer,

Maggie Schiffhauer,

Lisa L. Maragakis

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/ciz616

Subject(s) - contamination , psl , medicine , personal protective equipment , biomedical engineering , dermatology , pathology , biology , covid-19 , ecology , geometry , mathematics , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)

Fluorescent tracers are often used with ultraviolet lights to visibly identify healthcare worker self-contamination after doffing of personal protective equipment (PPE). This method has drawbacks, as it cannot detect pathogen-sized contaminants nor airborne contamination in subjects' breathing zones.

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