Personal protective equipment and doffing procedures in out-of-hospital practice: assessment with a contamination simulation

Table 3 Post doffing contaminated surface in cm²

	Head	Shoulders	Upper arms	Forearms	Hands	Thorax	Upper back	Lower back	Abdomino-pelvic area	Thighs	Legs	Total
Surgical gown	4	30	0	0	12	0	15	10	20	6	129	226
Full body coverall	5	0	10	23	300	5	10	30	75	60	160	678
Self-made alternative PPE	0	45	149	5	11	0	0	0	31	152	40	433
Non-surgical isolation gown	30	0	0	0	51	240	0	0	5	115	281	722
Total	39	75	159	28	374	245	25	40	131	333	610

Post doffing contaminated area in cm² observed on all 6 volunteers according to the 4 different tested gowns

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