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Item	Healthcare Workers’ Strategies for Doffing Personal Protective Equipment	Infection Control	2019-10-01	Personal protective equipment (PPE) helps protect healthcare workers (HCWs) from pathogens and prevents cross-contamination.
Item	EMS Model PPE Donning and Doffing Procedure for Confirmed or Suspected VHF Case with Active Bleeding, Vomiting, or Diarrhea	Emergency Medical Services	2024-02-05	PURPOSE: This Model Guidance outlines the procedure for the proper donning and doffing of a Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) ensemble for prehospital personnel managing a patient suspected or confirmed to have a Viral Hemorrhagic Fever (VHF) with active bleeding, vomiting, or diarrhea.SCOPE: This…
Item	EMS Model PPE Donning and Doffing Procedure for Suspected VHF Case without Active Bleeding, Vomiting, or Diarrhea	Emergency Medical Services	2024-02-05	PURPOSE: This Model Guidance outlines the procedure for the proper donning and doffing of a Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) ensemble for prehospital personnel managing a patient without active bleeding, vomiting, or diarrhea who is suspected to have a Viral Hemorrhagic Fever (VHF).SCOPE: This…
Item	NETEC Webinar Series (9/24/24): PPE & TJC: Strategies for the New Joint Commission Standards	Infection Control	2024-09-24	Join NETEC for the upcoming PPE & TJC: Strategies for the New Joint Commission Standards webinar. This session will provide a deep dive into the latest Joint Commission (TJC) standards on personal protective equipment (PPE) for healthcare settings. Discussion topics will include the rationale…
Item	Common Behaviors and Faults When Doffing Personal Protective Equipment for Patients With Serious Communicable Diseases	Infection Control	2019-10-01	The safe removal of personal protective equipment (PPE) can limit transmission of serious communicable diseases, but this process poses challenges to healthcare workers (HCWs).
Item	Effect of an Intervention Package and Teamwork Training to Prevent Healthcare Personnel Self-contamination During Personal Protective Equipment Doffing	Infection Control	2019-10-01	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 (PPE) to prevent pathogen transmission.
Item	Design Strategies for Biocontainment Units to Reduce Risk During Doffing of High-level Personal Protective Equipment.	Physical Infrastructure	2019-09-13	Few data exist to guide the physical design of biocontainment units, particularly the doffing area.
Item	Human Factors Risk Analyses of a Doffing Protocol for Ebola-Level Personal Protective Equipment: Mapping Errors to Contamination	Infection Control	2018-02-17	Doffing protocols for personal protective equipment (PPE) are critical for keeping healthcare workers (HCWs) safe during care of patients with Ebola virus disease.
Item	Space Recommendations for Donning and Doffing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in Biocontainment Areas	Infection Control	2022-08-25	The purpose of this document is to provide a general reference guide for safe donning and doffing spaces. Zones of contamination help guide healthcare personnel (HCP) risk assessment and risk reduction measures while working in and moving through these spaces. Donning is to be conducted in a clean…
Item	Development and Comparison of Complementary Methods to Study Potential Skin and Inhalational Exposure to Pathogens During Personal Protective Equipment Doffing	Infection Control	2019-10-01	Fluorescent tracers are often used with ultraviolet lights to visibly identify healthcare worker self-contamination after doffing of personal protective equipment (PPE).