Personal Protective Equipment
"Personal Protective Equipment" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Specialized clothing or equipment worn for protection against health hazards. Personal Protective Equipment may include MASKS; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICES; EAR PROTECTIVE DEVICES; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; and protective footwear.
| Descriptor ID |
D000067393
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E07.700.560 J01.637.708.560
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Personal Protective Equipment" by people in Profiles.
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Predictors of seropositivity to SARS-CoV-2 among employees at a large urban medical center. BMC Public Health. 2024 10 09; 24(1):2754.
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Protected code blue: using in situ simulation to develop a protected code blue and modify staff training protocol-experience in a large community teaching hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic. BMJ Open Qual. 2021 02; 10(1).
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Validation of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention level 3 risk classification for healthcare workers exposed to severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2021 04; 42(4):483-485.