Jennifer Andonian, Sadaf Kazi, Jennifer Therkorn, Lauren Benishek, Carrie Billman, Margaret Schiffhauer, Elaine Nowakowski, Patience Osei, Ayse P Gurses, Yea-Jen Hsu, David Drewry, Ellen R Forsyth, Arjun Vignesh, Ifeoluwa Oresanwo, Brian T Garibaldi, Kaitlin Rainwater-Lovett, Polly Trexler, Lisa L Maragakis
BACKGROUND: More than 28 000 people were infected with Ebola virus during the 2014-2015 West African outbreak, resulting in more than 11 000 deaths. Better methods are needed to reduce the risk of self-contamination while doffing personal protective equipment (PPE) to prevent pathogen transmission. METHODS: A set of interventions based on previously identified failure modes was designed to mitigate the risk of self- contamination during PPE doffing. These interventions were tested in a randomized controlled trial of 48 participants with no prior experience doffing enhanced PPE...
September 13, 2019: Clinical Infectious Diseases