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Personal Protective equiPment
Operators must sanitize their hands before and during
the PPE dressing procedures. According to the results
of a Spanish study, frequent surgical washing with disin-
fectant soapy solutions could cause skin lesions
and an alteration of the bacterial flora, allowing col-
onization by staphylococci and Gram-negative bacil-
li. Instead, hand cleansing with hydroalcoholic gel at a
concentration level between 62% and 70%, seems to be
tolerated well after frequent washing too. Episodes of
contact dermatitis have also been described much more
frequently with the use of soapy solutions compared to
alcoholic hand sanitizers.
