The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention strengthened its guidelines this week for hospital workers treating Ebola patients. Legacy Health of Portland is preparing their caregivers using ...

Training for COVID-19 donning and doffing procedures can now be done using screen-based simulation. eTrain, a company known for creating artificial intelligence-enabled simulation scenarios, has ...

This video demonstrates a procedure for donning and doffing one type of PPE recommended by the CDC for use in hospitals to minimize the risk of exposure to infectious material during the care of pa ...

A prospective, observational study found that 39% of health care workers caring for patients on contact precautions for multidrug-resistant organisms, or MDROs, made multiple errors when doffing ...

Donning and doffing personal protective equipment (PPE) made sense in early 2020, when Covid-19 began its relentless march around the globe. It was prudent to institute various infection-control ...

Washington, DC, July 16, 2015 - Fewer than one in six (4/30) healthcare workers (HCW) followed all CDC recommendations for the removal of personal protective equipment (PPE) after patient care ...

The enhanced barrier precautions require the use of gloves and the donning and doffing of gowns ... CMS in its guidance acknowledged that some nursing homes have been hesitant to use the CDC ...

You can use just about anything like pudding, whipped cream or jelly to mark the gown and gloves. But we found shaving cream was easily cleaned if it dropped onto the floor or got on clothing.

Fewer than 15 percent of healthcare workers comply with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's recommendations for removing personal protective equipment (PPE), according to a study from ...

The CDC quarantined gowns stockpiled for use in future outbreaks following a "60 Minutes" investigation over the protective equipment's efficacy, reports CBS News.

In addition, they watched the “doffing,” or removal process, and recorded errors based on Center of Disease Control and Prevention guidelines, which recommends removing gowns and gloves together.

Ortega R, Gonzalez M, Nozari A, Canelli R. Personal protective equipment and Covid-19. N Engl J Med 2020;382(26):e105-e105 ...