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

Table 4 Post doffing contamination intensity per body area

	Face	Head	Shoulders	Upper arms	Forearms	Hands	Thorax	Upper back	Lower back	Abdomino-pelvic area	Thighs	Legs	Mean intensity
Surgical gown	0	3	2	0	0	6	0	3	1	3	3	19	2.2
Full body coverall	0	3	0	3	11	6	2	3	3	15	6	18	3.9
Self-made alternative PPE	0	0	6	14	3	6	0	0	0	6	2	14	2.8
Non-surgical isolation gown	0	6	0	0	0	9	4	0	0	3	4	9	1.9
Total	0/72	12/72	8/144	17/144	14/144	27/144	6/72	6/72	4/72	27/72	15/144	60/114

Post doffing contamination intensity per body area is observed on all 6 volunteers according to the 4 different tested gowns. The intensity level was parted in 1 = low, 2 = medium, and 3 = high intensity per body area. Mean intensity corresponds to the total of intensities per body area and per gown and is divided by 18 (total number of body areas). The divisor is the maximum number of potential contaminations per body area and intensity level

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