TY - JOUR AU - Neuwirth, Meike M. AU - Mattner, Frauke AU - Otchwemah, Robin PY - 2020 DA - 2020/12/10 TI - Adherence to personal protective equipment use among healthcare workers caring for confirmed COVID-19 and alleged non-COVID-19 patients JO - Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control SP - 199 VL - 9 IS - 1 AB - Adherence observations of health care workers (HCW) revealed deficiencies in the use of recommended personal protective equipment (PPE) among HCW caring in COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 wards during the first period of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in a university hospital in Germany. The adherence to wearing surgical face or FFP2-masks and disinfecting hands prior to donning and after doffing the PPE was significantly higher in COVID-19 wards However, there was no total adherence of 100% in COVID-19 wards. SN - 2047-2994 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-020-00864-w DO - 10.1186/s13756-020-00864-w ID - Neuwirth2020 ER -