Table 2 Sites of contamination during doffing of personal protective equipment
Small sized contaminated patches (< 1 cm 2), median | Extra large sized contaminated patches (≥ 5 cm2), median | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Location | PPE1 | PPE2 | PPE3 | p-value | PPE1 | PPE2 | PPE3 | p-value |
Hair and head | 1.00 | 2.00 | 2.50 | 0.68 | 0.00 | 17.00 | 0.00 | N/A |
Face | 1.00 | 4.00 | 2.00 | 0.602 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 | N/A |
Neck (anterior) | 2.50 | 5.00 | 11.00 | 0.095 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 24.00 | N/A |
Neck (posterior) | 2.00 | 1.00 | 18.50 | 0.824 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | N/A |
Arms (right) | 3.50 | 1.00 | 4.00 | 0.414 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 28.00 | N/A |
Arms (left) | 2.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 0.909 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 49.00 | N/A |
Hands or wrists | 1.00 | 1.00 | 6.00 | 0.414 | 8.00 | 61.00 | 0.00 | N/A |
Working clothes (upper) | 8.50 | 9.00 | 7.00 | 0.997 | 21.00 | 48.50 | 42.00 | 0.690 |
Working clothes (lower) | 2.00 | 2.50 | 6.00 | 0.111 | 12.00 | 46.00 | 17.50 | 0.276 |
Clogs | 3.00 | 5.00 | 13.50 | < 0.001* | 121.00 | 55.00 | 133.00 | 0.397 |
Environment (rubbish bin cover) | 2.00 | 7.00 | 2.50 | 0.254 | 20.00 | 14.00 | 23.00 | 0.737 |
Environment (chair) | 3.00 | 6.50 | 2.00 | 0.053 | 0.00 | 36.00 | 0.00 | N/A |
Faucet | 2.00 | 2.00 | 1.50 | 0.659 | 0.00 | 16.00 | 14.00 | N/A |
Sink | 12.50 | 14.00 | 10.00 | 0.072 | 75.50 | 66.50 | 44.00 | 0.649 |
Overall | 5.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 0.05* | 39.00 | 43.00 | 47.00 | < 0.001* |