Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

March 27, 2020

Absence of contamination of personal protective equipment (PPE) by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)

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  • To evaluate the safety of extended PPE use by HCWs treating COVID-19 patients, Ong et al perform a one-day sampling study on used PPE to ascertain the per contact episode risk of PPE contamination.
  • All 90 samples from 30 HCWs were negative.  This provides assurance that extended use of N95 and goggles with strict adherence to environmental and hand hygiene could be a safe option.

Ong et al. (Mar 27, 2020). Absence of contamination of personal protective equipment (PPE) by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Pre-print downloaded Mar 27 from https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2020.91