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Table 3 Inappropriate personal protective clothing (PPC) observed during 4903 veterinary staff-animal contacts in 47 veterinary clinics

From: Video observation of sharps handling and infection control practices during routine companion animal appointments

Inappropriate PPC

N (% of total staff-animal contacts)

Long sleeves worn under short-sleeved scrubs, smock or lab coat

553 (11)

Sweater that was not clinic-issue or part of a clinic uniform worn over scrubs

316 (6)

Open lab coat over street clothes

170 (3)

Sleeves sticking out 3–5 cm or more past the cuffs of a lab coat or scrub shirt

73 (1)

Open-toed shoes

43 (1)

Street clothes alone (no PPC)

107 (2)

Other/not recorded

123 (3)