Human factors-based risk analysis to improve the safety of doffing enhanced personal protective equipment.
Ayse P GursesAaron S DietzElaine NowakowskiJennifer AndonianMaggie SchiffhauerCarrie BillmanAnya M AbashianPolly TrexlerPatience OseiLauren E BenishekAnping XiePeter PronovostMichael A RosenLisa L Maragakisnull nullPublished in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2018)
Despite detailed guidelines, our study revealed 103 enhanced PPE doffing failure modes. Analysis of the failure modes suggests potential mitigation strategies to decrease self-contamination risk during enhanced PPE doffing.