A survey of healthcare workers on the acceptance and value of personal protective equipment for patient care
The majority of HCW agree with the use of PPE to prevent pathogen transmission in the healthcare setting. Agreement with universal mask use for patient care shifted during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Authors
- Lisa Pineles (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2377-5971)
- Saskia Popescu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1521-8139)
- Gregory M. Schrank (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9030-4224)
- Jessica Brown (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2375-4900)
- Anthony Harris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4418-9944)
- Lyndsay M. O’Hara
- Larry Magder
Institutions
- University of Maryland, Baltimore (US)
- VA Maryland Health Care System (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
- Published
- 2024-10-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2024.157
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Infection Control and Ventilation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.42