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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. -
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). -
Creator: C. D. C. Prevention Epicenters Program (CDC)
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2019-10-01
Description: Fluorescent tracers are often used with ultraviolet lights to visibly identify healthcare worker self-contamination after doffing of personal protective equipment (PPE). -
Creator: C. D. C. Prevention Epicenters Program (CDC)
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2019-10-01
Description: More than 28 000 people were infected with Ebola virus during the 2014–2015 West African outbreak, resulting in more than 11 000 deaths. Better methods are needed to reduce the risk of self-contamination while doffing personal protective equipment… -
Creator: NETEC
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2020-03-16
Description: COVID-19: PPE-Flyer (pdf file, printable flyer, infographic) PPE Competency Validation Checklist (pdf file) PPE Competency Validation Checklist - Instructor Guide. (pdf instructor guide) PPE/Glove removal: For step-by-step instructions on the…Conservation strategies: This resource contains recommendations facilitating conservation of equipment and supplies during contingency (expected shortages) and crisis (known shortages) capacities and should not be applied as guidance when conventional capacities are available.
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Creator: Emory
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Video
Date Last Updated: 2020-03-23
Description: Putting on ACE airborne PPE - Donning video with conservation of resourcesWatch this video on Youtube.Conservation strategies: This resource contains recommendations facilitating conservation of equipment and supplies during contingency (expected shortages) and crisis (known shortages) capacities and should not be applied as guidance when conventional capacities are available.
Example only: NETEC provides this item for reference purposes but does not endorse its content. Newer versions may be in place at the providing institution.
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Creator: Emory
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Video
Date Last Updated: 2020-03-23
Description: Taking off ACE airborne PPE - doffing video with conservation of resourcesWatch this video on Youtube.Example only: NETEC provides this item for reference purposes but does not endorse its content. Newer versions may be in place at the providing institution.
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Creator: Emory
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Video
Date Last Updated: 2020-03-23
Description: Taking off DICE droplet PPE - doffing video with conservation of resourcesWatch this video on Youtube. -
Creator: Emory
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Video
Date Last Updated: 2020-03-23
Description: For more videos visit med.emory.edu/PPE https://youtu.be/j57qqjNCrckExtended reuse protocol for face and eye protection when supplies are low and the provider is treating a cohort of confirmed or suspected COVID-19 patients. This was created March…Conservation strategies: This resource contains recommendations facilitating conservation of equipment and supplies during contingency (expected shortages) and crisis (known shortages) capacities and should not be applied as guidance when conventional capacities are available.
Example only: NETEC provides this item for reference purposes but does not endorse its content. Newer versions may be in place at the providing institution.
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Creator: NETEC
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2020-04-28
Description: Printable flyer infographic with Do's and Don'ts of PPE Safety.Go to the Spanish language version.