Researchers describe a protocol for donning and doffing personal protective equipment in home settings for health care professionals who must interact with patients potentially infected with COVID ...

Personal protective equipment (PPE) helps protect healthcare workers (HCWs) from pathogens and prevents cross-contamination. PPE effectiveness is often undermined by inappropriate doffing methods.

The study found that 39 percent of workers made errors in removing personal protective equipment (PPE), including gowns and gloves, increasing the incidence of contamination.

Background. Doffing protocols for personal protective equipment (PPE) are critical for keeping healthcare workers (HCWs) safe during care of patients with Ebola virus disease. We assessed the ...

Researchers describe a protocol for donning and doffing personal protective equipment in home settings for health care professionals who must interact with patients potentially infected with COVID ...

This video demonstrates a procedure for donning and doffing one type of PPE recommended by the CDC for use in hospitals to minimize the risk of exposure to infectious material during the care of pa ...

A prospective, observational study found that 39% of health care workers caring for patients on contact precautions for multidrug-resistant organisms, or MDROs, made multiple errors when doffing ...

Donning and Doffing PPE Correctly to Fight Against COVID-19 It is important that workers know how to properly put on and take off their PPE to protect themselves and those in their households.

A gamble made by Tyson several years ago didn’t pay off, and now the company is paying $32 million to compensate employees for the time they spend donning and doffing personal protective equipment ...

While conducting our current study looking at PPE cleaning and repeated exposures, we have observed how a few simple changes in how we don and doff our PPE can reduce exposure to contaminants on ...

Donning and Doffing PPE Correctly to Fight Against COVID-19 It is important that workers know how to properly put on and take off their PPE to protect themselves and those in their households.