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-19.

As federal and state safety and health guidelines in response to the COVID-19 pandemic call for extensive use of personal protective equipment (PPE) in the workplace, employers should give their ...

It is important that workers know how to properly put on and take off their PPE to protect themselves and those in their households. COVID-19 continues to be a concern for everyone. As we experience ...

Ultraviolet light disinfection can be used on personal protective equipment, while the healthcare worker is still wearing it, to reduce the risk of possible contamination while taking off the PPE, ...

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Are dental healthcare personnel (DHCP) properly using personal protective equipment (PPE)? Researchers used a fluorescent marker to illustrate pathogen transmission and assessed PPE donning and ...

More than one-third of healthcare workers were contaminated with multi-drug resistant organisms (MDRO) after caring for patients colonized or infected with the bacteria, according to a study published ...

State and federal guidelines mandate the use of additional personal protective equipment (PPE) to guard against the spread of the Coronavirus in places of employment as they reopen in stages across ...

The high court also ruled that workers must be compensated for the time they spend waiting to doff (take off) safety gear, but the court concluded that workers are off the clock when waiting to don ...

Protecting health care workers begins with spatial separation. This is the concept of a cordon sanitaire – restrictions to movement in space – one of the oldest ideas in public health – is premised on ...