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| Title |
Variation in health care worker removal of personal protective equipment
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|---|---|
| Published in |
American Journal of Infection Control, June 2015
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| DOI | 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.02.005 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Caroline Zellmer, Sarah Van Hoof, Nasia Safdar |
| Abstract |
In the current era of emerging pathogens such as Ebola virus, removal of personal protective equipment (PPE) is crucial to reduce contamination of health care workers. However, current removal practices are not well described. We undertook a systematic evaluation of health care worker removal of PPE for contact isolation to examine variation in removal procedures. Findings indicate that under usual conditions, only about half of health care workers correctly remove their PPE, and very few remove their PPE in the correct order and dispose of it in the proper location. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 6 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 83% |
| Unknown | 1 | 17% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 6 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 104 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 104 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 16 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 13 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 10 | 10% |
| Other | 9 | 9% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 8% |
| Other | 22 | 21% |
| Unknown | 26 | 25% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing and Health Professions | 23 | 22% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 22 | 21% |
| Engineering | 9 | 9% |
| Social Sciences | 5 | 5% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 4% |
| Other | 14 | 13% |
| Unknown | 27 | 26% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 37. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 13 April 2016.
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#1,101,357
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Outputs from American Journal of Infection Control
#337
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#13,193
of 277,923 outputs
Outputs of similar age from American Journal of Infection Control
#10
of 89 outputs
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