doffing sequence

[MaryLouise McLaws]

Dear ICPs

FYI we have an Editorial coming out in the American Journal of Infection Control (in press and accessible via doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.12.034) discussing amendments to several current doffing sequences for PPE after caring for a wet Ebola patient. There is no evidence for mode of acquisition by HCWs for Ebola our modifications are based on precautionary logic of protecting the mucous membranes, most likely entry point, from contaminated equipment to the very last doffing step.

M-L
Professor Mary-Louise McLaws
Professor of Epidemiology in Healthcare Infection and Infectious Diseases Control
UNSW Medicine, UNSW, SYDNEY NSW 2052 AUSTRALIA
T: +61 2 93852586 UNSW ABN 57195873179 CRICOS Provider Code 00098G
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