Personal protective equipment for preventing highly infectious diseases due to exposure to contaminated body fluids in healthcare staff, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Updated review (24 trials; n=2278) found low ‐ to very low‐certainty evidence that covering more parts of the body leads to better protection but usually comes at the cost of more difficult donning or doffing and less user comfort, and may therefore even lead to more contamination.
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news