Effectiveness of using full personal protective equipment in reducing the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in health care workers: A systematic review
Full PPE appears protective for health care workers. The small number and low quality of studies limit the certainty of this conclusion. Further analyses are required to establish clear guideline for its use.
Authors
- Ariane Bluteau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3295-6851)
- Yves Longtin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4532-379X)
- Judith Villeneuve (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-8173-5248)
- Simon Berthelot (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0372-0586)
- Jason R. Guertin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1718-5307)
- Tania Marx (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1443-9423)
- Juliette Gagnon
- Emmanuel Cormier
- Frédéric Bergeron (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0978-7420)
- Hong Hao Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0742-3618)
- Mohamed Naïmi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8496-7574)
- Judicaël Adadja
- Daphnée Jolicoeur-Ouellette
- Katia Boudaoud
Institutions
- Université du Québec à Montréal (CA)
- McGill University Health Centre (CA)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besançon (FR)
- The Quebec Population Health Research Network (CA)
- Centre hospitalier de l'Université Laval (CA)
- Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (CA)
- Université Laval (CA)
- McGill University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Infection Control
- Published
- 2025-11-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2025.11.013
- Primary Topic
- Infection Control and Ventilation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research