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Personal Protective Equipment

Personal protective equipment is anything used by the health professional to minimise the risk of exposure to infectious agents. Alternatively the patient with low immunity needs to be protected against external transmission of infection. Specialised clothing (gown) and equipment (gloves, mask, goggles) provide a barrier between potentially infectious agents contained in body fluids, airborne droplets or spray contamination of the eyes and the person.

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