Personal Protective Equipment for Filovirus Epidemics: A Call for Better Evidence
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Sprecher, Armand GCaluwaerts, An
Draper, Mike
Feldmann, Heinz
Frey, Clifford P
Funk, Renée H
Kobinger, Gary
Le Duc, James W
Spiropoulou, Christina
Williams, Warren Jon
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2015-03-27
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Personal protective equipment (PPE) is an important part of worker protection during filovirus outbreaks. The need to protect against a highly virulent fluid-borne pathogen in the tropical environment imposes a heat stress on the wearer that is itself a safety risk. No evidence supports the choice of PPE employed in recent outbreaks, and standard testing procedures employed by the protective garment industry do not well simulate filovirus exposure. Further research is needed to determine the appropriate PPE for filoviruses and the heat stress that it imposes.Publisher
Oxford University PressPubMed ID
25821225Language
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1537-6613ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1093/infdis/jiv153
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