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• Optimizing Contact Precautions to Curb the Spread of Antibiotic-resistant Bacteria in Hospitals: A Multicenter Cohort Study to Identify Patient Characteristics and Healthcare Personnel Interactions Associated With Transmission of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

  Tags Contact Transmission, Gloves, Infection Prevention and Control, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-PPE, R-Res&Pub
  Creator: C. D. C. Prevention Epicenters Program (CDC)
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2019-10-01
  Description: Healthcare personnel (HCP) acquire antibiotic-resistant bacteria on their gloves and gowns when caring for intensive care unit (ICU) patients.

• Environmental Contact and Self-contact Patterns of Healthcare Workers: Implications for Infection Prevention and Control

  Tags Contact Transmission, Infection Prevention and Control, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-PPE, R-Res&Pub, Respiratory Pathogen
  Creator: C. D. C. Prevention Epicenters Program (CDC)
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2019-10-01
  Description: Respiratory viruses on fomites can be transferred to sites susceptible to infection via contact by hands or other fomites.

• Understanding Workflow and Personal Protective Equipment Challenges Across Different Healthcare Personnel Roles

  Tags Occupational Health, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-PM, R-PPE, R-Res&Pub, Staff Rotations, Staffing
  Creator: Harrod, Molly, Laura Petersen, Lauren E. Weston, Lynn Gregory, Jeanmarie Mayer, Matthew H. Samore, Frank A. Drews, and Sarah L. Krein.
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2019-10-01
  Description: Hospitals use standard and transmission-based precautions, including personal protective equipment (PPE), to prevent the spread of infectious organisms.

• Healthcare Workers’ Strategies for Doffing Personal Protective Equipment

  Tags Donning and Doffing, Gloves, Occupational Health, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-PM, R-PPE, R-Res&Pub
  Creator: Baloh, Jure, Heather Schacht Reisinger, Kimberly Dukes, Jaqueline Pereira da Silva, Hugh P. Salehi, Melissa Ward, Emily E. Chasco, Priyadarshini R. Pennathur, and Loreen Herwaldt.
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2019-10-01
  Description: Personal protective equipment (PPE) helps protect healthcare workers (HCWs) from pathogens and prevents cross-contamination.

• Evaluation of a Redesigned Personal Protective Equipment Gown

  Tags Airborne Transmission, Contact Transmission, Coronavirus, Droplet Transmission, Ebola, Gown, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-PPE, R-Res&Pub, SARS
  Creator: Drews, Frank A., Diane Mulvey, Kristina Stratford, Matthew H. Samore, and Jeanmarie Mayer.
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2019-10-01
  Description: In healthcare, the goal of personal protective equipment (PPE) is to protect healthcare personnel (HCP) and patients from body fluids and infectious organisms via contact, droplet, or airborne transmission.

• Model-based Assessment of the Effect of Contact Precautions Applied to Surveillance-detected Carriers of Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Long-term Acute Care Hospitals

  Tags Contact Transmission, Long-term Care, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-LTC, R-PPE, R-Res&Pub
  Creator: C. D. C. Prevention Epicenters Program and C. D. C. Modeling Infectious Diseases in Healthcare Program (CDC)
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2019-10-01
  Description: An intervention that successfully reduced colonization and infection with carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) in Chicago-area long-term acute-care hospitals included active surveillance and contact precautions.

• Common Behaviors and Faults When Doffing Personal Protective Equipment for Patients With Serious Communicable Diseases

  Tags Donning and Doffing, Gloves, Occupational Health, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-PM, R-PPE, R-Res&Pub, Special Pathogens
  Creator: C. D. C. Prevention Epicenters Program (CDC)
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2019-10-01
  Description: The safe removal of personal protective equipment (PPE) can limit transmission of serious communicable diseases, but this process poses challenges to healthcare workers (HCWs).

• Variability in the Duration and Thoroughness of Hand Hygiene

  Tags Occupational Health, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-PM, R-PPE, R-Res&Pub
  Creator: C. D. C. Prevention Epicenters Program (CDC)
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2019-10-01
  Description: We observed 354 hand hygiene instances across 41 healthcare workers doffing personal protective equipment at 4 hospital-based biocontainment units.

• Effect of Glove Decontamination on Bacterial Contamination of Healthcare Personnel Hands

  Tags Contact Transmission, Gloves, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-PPE, R-Res&Pub
  Creator: C. D. C. Prevention Epicenters Program (CDC)
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2019-10-01
  Description: We examined the effect of glove decontamination prior to removal on bacterial contamination of healthcare personnel hands in a laboratory simulation study.

• Preventing Viral Contamination: Effects of Wipe and Spray-based Decontamination of Gloves and Gowns

  Tags Gloves, Gown, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-PPE, R-Res&Pub
  Creator: C. D. C. Prevention Epicenters Program (CDC)
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2019-10-01
  Description: We conducted a laboratory simulation to evaluate the contamination of environmental surfaces when using wipe vs spray methods of personal protective equipment (PPE) decontamination.