Table 8.
Overview of personal protection measures.
| Procedures | In common areas |
In the clinical environment |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low risk (reception) | Moderate risk (cleaning, disinfection, and sterilization) | Moderate risk (visits without AGP) | High risk (visits with AGP) | |
| Hand hygiene | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Uniform | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cap/bonnet | X | O | O | ✓ |
| Surgical mask | ✓ | ✓ | O | X |
| FFP2 mask | X | X | O | ✓ |
| Protective glasses | O | O | O | ✓ |
| Face shield | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Gloves | X | ✓* | ✓ | ✓✓ |
| Fluid-resistant gown | X | ✓† | ✓† | ✓ |
| Clinical footwear | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Shoe covers | X | X | O | ✓ |
AGP, aerosol-generating procedures; FFP, filtering face piece.
✓ = Recommended; O = Optional; X = Not recommended; ✓✓ = high-risk or epidemiological situation might use 2 pairs of long-sleeved gloves.
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Thick.
†
Or waterproof apron.