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 ...
CDC provides a free, downloadable poster that demonstrates the sequences for donning and removing personal protective equipment. The poster provides key instructions in both English and Spanish to ...
Fewer than 15 percent of healthcare workers comply with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) recommendations for removing personal protective equipment (PPE), according to a study ...
The improper use of personal protective equipment among healthcare workers is "pretty pervasive in all institutions," says a researcher. Nine months after a Texas nurse contracted Ebola from a patient ...
Washington, DC, July 16, 2015 - Fewer than one in six (4/30) healthcare workers (HCW) followed all CDC recommendations for the removal of personal protective equipment (PPE) after patient care, ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Increasing the coverage of personal protective equipment, or PPE, to include the hands and wrists reduces the ...
Massachusetts now has the third-highest number of COVID-19 infections in the U.S. with nearly 27,000 cases. The death toll is close to 850, and hospitals are bracing for a surge in new patients as the ...
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 ...
Fewer than one in six (4/30) healthcare workers followed all CDC recommendations for the removal of personal protective equipment after patient care, according to a brief report. Fewer than one in six ...