Personal Protective Equipment Coverall! The Way To Go?

Source: Johns Hopkins Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design

We have previously argued (here) that healthcare workers need training in personal protective equipment (PPE) doffing, especially given the high risk of self contamination.

I read with great interest this article in American Journal of Infection Control, where a novel PPE coverall (for Ebola) was assessed in stimulated scenarios.

This new PPE suit has a rear entry and exit seem, covered zippers and over the shoulder pull tabs which simplify donning and doffing. In a simulated scenario, this new design was comfortable and well received by healthcare workers.

The next critical step, in my opinion, is formally assessing self contamination at the time of doffing. 

If the newly designed PPE coverall suit decreases self contamination (vs the traditional PPE suit), this may be the way to go.