Which type of personal protective equipment (PPE) and which method of donning or doffing PPE carries the least risk of infection for healthcare workers?

Thermal comfort and personal protective equipment (PPE).

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is considered the last preferred solution to an Occupational Safety Health (OSH) system. Brazilian OSH legislation assumes and requires PPE usage to neutralize the possibility of pesticide contamination. This study examines the inadequacy of the PPE used in a tomato crop, particularly from the standpoint of thermal comfort. This study made observations regard...

Contamination during doffing of personal protective equipment by healthcare providers

OBJECTIVE In this study, we aimed to describe the processes of both the donning and the doffing of personal protective equipment for Ebola and evaluate contamination during the doffing process. METHODS We recruited study participants among physicians and nurses of the emergency department of Samsung Medical Center in Seoul, Korea. Participants were asked to carry out doffing and donning proce...

the investigation of the relationship between type a and type b personalities and quality of translation

چکیده ندارد.

New development of research on personal protective equipment (PPE) for occupational safety and health

Chemotherapy Safe Handling: Limiting Nursing Exposure With a Hazardous Drug Control Program.

BACKGROUND Nurses and other healthcare workers are at risk for adverse health consequences from occupational exposure to hazardous drugs. OBJECTIVES An evidence-based program for nurses was implemented to improve safe handling practices and reduce exposure to hazardous drugs. METHODS A quasiexperimental design was used, with pre- and post-tests of knowledge about chemotherapy exposure and p...