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Open Access 01-12-2020 | SARS-CoV-2 | Short report

Adherence to personal protective equipment use among healthcare workers caring for confirmed COVID-19 and alleged non-COVID-19 patients

Authors: Meike M. Neuwirth, Frauke Mattner, Robin Otchwemah

Published in: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control | Issue 1/2020

Abstract

Adherence observations of health care workers (HCW) revealed deficiencies in the use of recommended personal protective equipment (PPE) among HCW caring in COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 wards during the first period of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in a university hospital in Germany. The adherence to wearing surgical face or FFP2-masks and disinfecting hands prior to donning and after doffing the PPE was significantly higher in COVID-19 wards However, there was no total adherence of 100% in COVID-19 wards.

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Title: Adherence to personal protective equipment use among healthcare workers caring for confirmed COVID-19 and alleged non-COVID-19 patients
Authors: Meike M. Neuwirth
Frauke Mattner
Robin Otchwemah
Publication date: 01-12-2020
Publisher: BioMed Central
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2
Care
COVID-19
Published in: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control / Issue 1/2020
Electronic ISSN: 2047-2994
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-020-00864-w

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