Table 2.
Percent of positive samples for protected skin used in the algorithm
| PPE type/task | Number of samples (total = 181) | Number of positive samples (%) |
| Under gloves | ||
| Spray painting | 65 | 15 (23) |
| Paint mixing | 41 | 3 (7) |
| Spray gun cleaning | 5 | 4 (80) |
| Paint-relateda | 0 | (7)b |
| Under respirator | ||
| Spray painting | 27 | 0 (0) |
| Under coverall | ||
| Spray painting | 43 | 1 (2) |
a
Including sanding, buffing, compounding and polishing tasks.
b
Percent positive was not measured under gloves for these tasks, which was assumed similar to that in paint mixing under gloves.