Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Personal Protective Equipment

Personal protective equipment (PPE) comprises the clothing, devices, and accessories worn or used to protect the wearer from physical, chemical, biological, or other workplace hazards. In healthcare and laboratory settings it includes items such as gloves, gowns, masks and respirators, eye and face protection, and f…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 42× across the literature 🗓 Reviewed August 2026

Overview

Personal protective equipment (PPE) comprises the clothing, devices, and accessories worn or used to protect the wearer from physical, chemical, biological, or other workplace hazards. In healthcare and laboratory settings it includes items such as gloves, gowns, masks and respirators, eye and face protection, and footwear, and it forms a core component of infection prevention and control. By creating a barrier between the wearer and infectious or hazardous agents, PPE reduces the risk of transmission and injury, a function that proved especially important during the COVID-19 pandemic. Articles in this journal examine PPE and related protective practices largely in the context of infectious disease and occupational safety. Studies assess awareness of personal protective equipment among laboratory workers, review eye and facial protectors as well as torso and foot protection for pandemic and epidemic preparedness, and consider the impact of COVID-19 on surgical practice and on supply chains for protective materials. Other contributions address tuberculosis infection control among healthcare workers, knowledge and practice of infection prevention and control and of biomedical waste management, and vaccination among health workers. Collectively these works place PPE within the broader fields of infection control, occupational health, and pandemic response.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2022

The Effect of Covid-19 Pandemic on Surgical Practice in Nigeria

Gabriel Olajide ToyeCorresponding author
Department of Ear, Nose and Throat, Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti and Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido Ekiti
Exact topic International Journal of Coronaviruses doi:10.14302/issn.2692-1537.ijcv-22-4078
2020

Mental Health in The Context of The COVID 19 Pandemic

Yadav RavinderCorresponding author
Medical Social Welfare Officer Department of Medical Record Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector-32, Chandigarh, India
Exact topic International Journal of Coronaviruses Cited by 1 doi:10.14302/issn.2692-1537.ijcv-20-3367

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 42 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Personal Protective Equipment, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Drug Resistant Pathogen Research.

Journal editorial board
Maria Isabel Veiga · Portugal Eva Sapi · United States ZHUO WANG · United States

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