Donning and doffing personal protective equipment (PPE) made sense in early ... Current guidelines from the CDC and WHO require health care workers who provide direct care to patients to wear ...

for all health care-associated conditions that require the donning and doffing of PPE.” Safdar and colleagues directly observed the PPE removal practices of HCWs, including physicians ...

While the PPE selection process is important to achieving the appropriate level of protection, it is also essential that workers follow best practices during the donning and doffing process to ...

In addition, the CDC now is recommending that clinicians rigorously train and demonstrate competency at both donning and doffing PPE. The latter step, if done improperly, puts a clinician at risk ...

Treating someone with Ebola involves a painstaking process of suiting up and peeling off protective gear, or in hospital speak, “donning and doffing.” Last month, after two Dallas nurses ...

Donning and doffing Personal Protective Equipment is essential to keeping laboratorians and the public safe from possible contamination. This video focuses on donning and doffing a laboratory coat ...

The CDC has issued new, clarified guidelines regarding ... Expanding the rationale for respiratory protection Suggesting a designated PPE doffing assistant or “buddy” Changing the order ...