Hong Kong Training Portal on
Infection Control and Infectious Disease

PPE Practice

• Stewardship of personal protective equipment (PPE): An important pandemic resource for PPE preservation and education. (2020 Jun 24).
• Frequent and unexpected deviations from personal protective equipment guidelines increase contamination risks. (2019 Sep 1).
• Personal protective equipment for preventing highly infectious diseases in healthcare staff (2019 Jul 1)
• Risk of self-contamination during doffing of personal protective equipment. (2018 Dec 1).
• Putting On and Removing Personal Protective Equipment. (2015 Mar 19).

Disease Prevention

• Personal protective equipment for preventing highly infectious diseases due to exposure to contaminated body fluids in healthcare staff. (2016 Apr 19).
• Gloves, extra gloves or special types of gloves for preventing percutaneous exposure injuries in healthcare personnel. (2014 Mar 7).

Against Antibiotic Resistance

• Gloves, gowns and masks for reducing the transmission of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the hospital setting. (2015 Jul 16).
• Universal Glove and Gown Use and Acquisition of Antibiotic resistant bacteria in the ICU: A Randomized Trial. (2013).

PPE Material

• Can Nanotechnology and Materials Science Help the Fight against SARS-CoV-2?. (2020 Apr)
• Examining health care personal protective equipment use through a human factors engineering and product design lens. (2019 May 1)
• Banned Devices; Powdered Surgeon's Gloves, Powdered Patient Examination Gloves, and Absorbable Powder for Lubricating a Surgeon's Glove. (2016 Dec 19).
• A Review of Isolation Gowns in Healthcare: Fabric and Gown Properties. (2015).

Use of Technology

• 3D printing of face shields to meet the immediate need for PPE in an anesthesiology department during the COVID-19 pandemic. (2020 Aug 4).
• Application of fluorescence method in the process of personal protective equipment removal. (2020 Jul 1).
• Using Computer Vision and Depth Sensing to Measure Healthcare Worker-Patient Contacts and Personal Protective Equipment Adherence Within Hospital Rooms. (2015 Dec 28).