The Importance of Personal Protective Equipment Design and Donning and Doffing Technique in Mitigating Infectious Disease Spread: A Technical Report.

McCarthy R, Gino B, d'Entremont P, Barari A, Renouf TS

DOI: 10.7759/cureus.12084
Published: 2020 Dec 14
Container: Cureus
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@article{allodium:10.7759/cureus.12084,
  title = {The Importance of Personal Protective Equipment Design and Donning and Doffing Technique in Mitigating Infectious Disease Spread: A Technical Report.},
  author = {McCarthy R and Gino B and d'Entremont P and Barari A and Renouf TS},
  year = {2020},
  journal = {Cureus},
  doi = {10.7759/cureus.12084},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12084}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - The Importance of Personal Protective Equipment Design and Donning and Doffing Technique in Mitigating Infectious Disease Spread: A Technical Report.
AU  - McCarthy R
AU  - Gino B
AU  - d'Entremont P
AU  - Barari A
AU  - Renouf TS
PY  - 2020
JO  - Cureus
DO  - 10.7759/cureus.12084
UR  - https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12084
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R, M., B, G., P, D., A, B., & TS, R. (2020). The Importance of Personal Protective Equipment Design and Donning and Doffing Technique in Mitigating Infectious Disease Spread: A Technical Report.. Cureus. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12084

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