ArticleJournal of occupational and environmental hygiene2019
Personal protective equipment doffing practices of healthcare workers.
Article in Journal of occupational and environmental hygiene, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04937257 (Comparison of a Virtual Reality Versus an E-Module on Efficacy of Donning and Doffing PPE), which is not on this map. Cited by 62 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Comparison of a Virtual Reality Versus an E-Module on Efficacy of Donning and Doffing PPE: A Randomized Control Trial
Who cites it
62 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 161 citations in OpenAlex.
- Practice and associated factors of Covid-19 prevention among health professionals in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2025Pooled it
- COVID-19 aerosol box as protection from droplet and aerosol contaminations in healthcare workers performing airway intubation: a randomised cross-over simulation study.Emergency medicine journal : EMJ · 2021Trial
- Prophylactic dressings in the prevention of pressure ulcer related to the use of personal protective equipment by health professionals facing the COVID-19 pandemic: A randomized clinical trial.Wound repair and regeneration : official publication of the Wound Healing Society [and] the European Tissue Repair Society · 2021Trial
- A simulation approach to measure critical safety behaviors when evaluating training methods for respirator education in healthcare workers.American journal of infection control · 2020Trial
- Work experiences and practices of radiographers during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: Future pandemic preparation.Health SA = SA Gesondheid · 2026Article
- Rapid Molecular Diagnostics for MDR Nosocomial Infections in ICUs: Integration with Prevention, Stewardship, and Novel Therapies.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Factors associated with correction of personal protective equipment nonadherence in a multidisciplinary emergency department setting: A retrospective video review.American journal of infection control · 2025Article
- Difficulties faced by healthcare workers in PPE use during covid-19 pandemic: A mixed-method study from a tertiary hospital in India.Bioinformation · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of donning and doffing personal protective equipment education using video debriefing among Korean undergraduate nursing students.BMC nursing · 2024Article
- Cross-sectional study of personal protective equipment use, training and biosafety preparedness among healthcare workers during the first months of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in Brazil.BMJ public health · 2024Article
- Infection precaution adherence varies by potential exposure risks to SARS-CoV-2 and job role: Findings from a US medical center.American journal of infection control · 2024Article
- Significance of Ongoing Training and Professional Development in Optimizing Healthcare-associated Infection Prevention and Control.Journal of medical signals and sensors · 2024Review
- Assessment and feedback of the COVID-19 pandemic's effects on physicians' day-to-day practices: good knowledge may not predict good behavior.The Libyan journal of medicine · 2023Article
- Personal protection equipment: Preliminary evidence of effectiveness from a three-phase simulation program.Journal of infection prevention · 2023Article
- Considerations of COVID-19 in Ophthalmology.Microorganisms · 2023Review
- Factors Associated with SARS-CoV-2 Infection before Vaccination among European Health Care Workers.La Medicina del lavoro · 2023Article
- Assessment of dental health care personnel protocol deviations and self-contamination during personal protective equipment donning and doffing.Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) · 2022Article
- Electronic monitoring of doffing using video surveillance to minimise error rate and increase safety at Howard Springs International Quarantine Facility.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2022Article
- Efficacy of SG Shield in reducing droplet contamination during collection of oropharyngeal swab culture specimens.Singapore medical journal · 2022Article
- Hierarchy of contamination control in the fire service: Review of exposure control options to reduce cancer risk.Journal of occupational and environmental hygiene · 2022Review
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Abstract
During the doffing of personal protective equipment (PPE), pathogens can be transferred from the PPE to the bodies of healthcare workers (HCWs), putting HCWs and patients at risk of exposure and infection. PPE doffing practices of HCWs who cared for patients with viral respiratory infections were observed at an acute care hospital from March 2017 to April 2018. A trained observer recorded doffing performance of HCWs inside the patient rooms using a pre-defined checklist based on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guideline. Doffing practices were observed 162 times during care of 52 patients infected with respiratory viral pathogens. Out of the 52 patients, 30 were in droplet and contact isolation, 21 were in droplet isolation, and 1 was in contact isolation. Overall, 90% of observed doffing was incorrect, with respect to the doffing sequence, doffing technique, or use of appropriate PPE. Common errors were doffing gown from the front, removing face shield of the mask, and touching potentially contaminated surfaces and PPE during doffing. Deviations from the recommended PPE doffing protocol are common and can increase potential for contamination of the HCW's clothing or skin after providing care. There is a clear need to change the approach used to training HCWs in PPE doffing practices.
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