Brief Report
Building a personal protective equipment monitor team as part of a comprehensive COVID-19 prevention strategy

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Highlights

  • UNC instituted PPE monitors in high-risk zones during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • PPE monitors aided health care personnel in donning and doffing.

  • This contributed to nearly zero transmission of COVID in high-risk zones.

Abstract

We instituted Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Monitors as part of our care of COVID-19 patients in high-risk zones. PPE Monitors aided health care personnel (HCP) in donning and doffing, which contributed to nearly zero transmission of COVID-19 to HCP, despite their care of over 1400 COVID-19 patients.

Key Words

SARS-CoV-2
Infection prevention
PPE monitor
Donning
Doffing
Employee safety

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