Healthcare design to improve safe doffing of personal protective equipment for care of patients with COVID-19.

Herminia Machry Zorana MatićYeinn OhJennifer R DuBose Jill S Morgan Kari L Love Lindsey B Gottlieb Craig M Zimring

Published in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2022)

There is a need to define, organize and standardize PPE doffing spaces in healthcare settings and to understand the environmental implications of COVID-19-specific issues related to supply shortage and staff workload. Low-effort and low-cost design adaptations of the layout and design of PPE doffing spaces may improve HCW safety and efficiency in existing healthcare facilities.

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