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Personal Protective Equipment for Preventing Highly Infectious Diseases Due to Exposure to Contaminated Body Fluids in Healthcare Staff

Best practice, Journal article, Research study
Abstract: 
This systematic review sets out to evaluate which type of full-body PPE and which method of donning or doffing PPE have the least risk of contamination or infection for HCW, It also looks at which training methods increase compliance with PPE protocols It highlights some interesting conclusions when comparing user satisfaction, comfort and importantly contamination following donning and doffing procedures
Authors: 
The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd Verbeek JH, Rajamaki B, Ijaz S, et al. Personal protective equipment for preventing highly infectious diseases due to exposure to contaminated body fluids in healthcare staff. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2020;5:CD011621. Published 2020 May 15. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD011621.pub5
Category: 
Control
Prevention