The Splash-Risk PPE Choice
Choose task-based PPE when sprays or splashes are reasonably anticipated.
The task looks routine until pressure creates a splash pathway. What PPE plan best fits this wound irrigation task? Use gloves plus face and eye protection, and add a gown if splash onto clothing or forearms is reasonably anticipated. Correct. The PPE matches the pathway: contact to hands and possible splash to mucous membranes or clothing. Use gloves only because the worker is not touching the wound directly with bare hands. Weaker. Gloves address hand contact but not splash to eyes, nose, mouth, or clothing. Use an N95 respirator because any wound fluid can become airborne during irrigation. Weaker. This…
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