@article{ref1,
title="How clean is "clean"? Regulations and standards for workplace clothing and personal protective equipment",
journal="Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine",
year="2010",
author="Sirianni, Greg and Borak, Jonathan",
volume="52",
number="2",
pages="190-196",
abstract="OBJECTIVE:: To compile current regulations and advisory recommendations on cleanliness of worker clothing and personal protective equipment and to evaluate the adequacy of criteria for determining whether cleanliness has been achieved. METHODS:: Systematic review of information provided by federal agencies (eg, OSHA, MSHA, and NIOSH), nongovernmental advisory bodies (eg, ACGIH, AIHA, and ANSI), and manufacturers of protective clothing and equipment. RESULTS:: We identified an array of terms describing &quot;cleanliness&quot; and the processes for achieving &quot;cleanliness&quot; that were almost never defined in regulations and recommendations. We also found a general lack of criteria for determining whether cleanliness and/or sterility have been achieved. CONCLUSIONS:: There is need to harmonize cleanliness-related terminology, establish best practices for equipment cleaning and sterilization, implement a signage systems to provide equipment-specific cleaning instructions, and adopt objective criteria for determining what is &quot;clean.&quot;<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1076-2752",
doi="10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181cc55e1",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181cc55e1"
}