Journal article
Examining health care personal protective equipment use through a human factors engineering and product design lens
American journal of infection control, Vol.47(5), pp.595-598
05/2019
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2018.10.008
PMID: 30522839
Abstract
Health care–associated infections continue to cause significant morbidity and mortality and increase costs. Although investigators have devoted considerable attention to examining the clinical, microbiological,and epidemiologic determinants of infection, recent epidemics of highly transmissible pathogens, such as Ebola virus, have increased interest in assessing the design and use of personal protective equipment (PPE) to prevent the spread of infectious agents. This work has highlighted important limitations in PPE design, which can render PPE ineffective in actual practice settings.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Examining health care personal protective equipment use through a human factors engineering and product design lens
- Creators
- Hamed Salehi - University of IowaPriyadarshini R Pennathur - University of IowaJaqueline Pereira Da Silva - University of IowaLoreen A Herwaldt - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- American journal of infection control, Vol.47(5), pp.595-598
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.ajic.2018.10.008
- PMID
- 30522839
- ISSN
- 0196-6553
- eISSN
- 1527-3296
- Grant note
- name: (L.A.H.), award: CK000448-02
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/2019
- Academic Unit
- Infectious Diseases; Epidemiology; Industrial and Systems Engineering; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984186688002771
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