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Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in Healthcare Settings

Personal Protective Equipment Definition

“specialized clothing or equipment worn by an employee for protection against infectious materials” (OSHA)

PPE Use in Healthcare Settings

Types of PPE Used in Healthcare Settings

• Gloves – protect hands
• Gowns/aprons – protect skin and/or clothing
• Masks and respirators– protect mouth/nose
• Respirators – protect respiratory tract from airborne infectious agents
• Goggles – protect eyes
• Face shields – protect face, mouth, nose, and eyes

Different Situations Require Different PPE

Factors Influencing PPE Selection:

• Type of exposure anticipated
• Durability and appropriateness for the task

PPE for Standard Precautions (1)

• Gloves – Use when touching blood, body fluids, secretions, excretions, contaminated items; for touching mucus membranes and nonintact skin
• Gowns – Use during procedures and patient care activities when contact of clothing/ exposed skin with blood/body fluids, secretions, or excretions is anticipated

PPE for Standard Precautions (2)

• Mask and goggles or a face shield – Use during patient care activities likely to generate splashes or sprays of blood, body fluids, secretions, or excretions

How to Don Gloves

• Don gloves last
• Select correct type and size
• Insert hands into gloves

How to Safely Use Gloves

• Keep gloved hands away from face
• Avoid touching or adjusting other PPE
• Remove gloves if they become torn; perform hand hygiene before donning new gloves
• Limit surfaces and items touched

How to Remove Gloves (1)

• Grasp outside edge near wrist
• Peel away from hand, turning glove inside-out
• Hold in opposite gloved hand

How to Remove Gloves (2)

• Slide ungloved finger under the wrist of the remaining glove
• Peel off from inside, creating a bag for both gloves

Hand Hygiene

• Wash hands immediately after removing PPE.
• Use soap and water or use an alcohol-based hand rub

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• Definition/Introduction

Personal protective equipment (PPE) came into the spotlight at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, but these important materials and practices have been protecting healthcare providers for years. Regulation of PPE standards usually falls to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The availability, application, and disposal of PPE play an essential role in a healthcare system's ability to care for patients safely. [1]

Part of standard precautions, PPE provides a barrier to minimizing workplace hazards that healthcare providers encounter from harmful exposures. Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear contamination threats are encountered throughout healthcare. This article discusses the application of PPE in relation to healthcare.

• Issues of Concern

Types of Personal Protective Equipment

Commonly worn PPE includes a gown, gloves, masks, respirators, and face shields or goggles. Understanding the limitations and proper wearing of PPE is essential to ensuring safe practices. Specific gloves offer differing levels of standards for infection prevention. One commonly used metric in glove safety evaluation is the acceptable quality level (AQL). A lower AQL means a higher quality glove with less micro-perforation potential and fewer pinholes in the glove product. The FDA generally recommends a minimum AQL level of 1.5 for surgical gloves and 2.5 for medical exam gloves. [2]  

Surgical procedural evidence supports using two layers of gloves as an infection prevention technique. [3] [4]  Surgical procedures also necessitate using sterile gloves, which have been treated to eliminate microbes.

The availability of appropriate gowns can prevent the spread of infection. Medical gowns follow the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the Association of the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI), and the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) ANSI/AAMI PB70 standards for medical gowns. The ANSI/AAMI PB70 has four levels of fluid barrier protection. [5]  

USP 800 guidelines promote safety by outlining gown standards for handling hazardous drugs. Following suggested guidelines for PPE in the appropriate setting, whether using sterile gowns for surgery or non-sterile gowns for contact exposure, will ensure the safety of both healthcare workers and patients. [6] [7]  

Loosely woven cloth masks provide the least respiratory protection, while National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) approved respirators offer the most protection. [8] [9]  A key component of mask protection involves the proper fitting of masks. [10]  All healthcare workers should be fit tested if required to use respirators, including N95 masks. [11] [12]  

If fit testing cannot be completed, then a NIOSH-approved powered air purifying respirator (PAPR) can be considered based on institutional and local regulatory requirements. [13] [14] [15]  The COVID-19 pandemic created a high demand for face coverings with limited consistent standards comparing different products. The American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) and NIOSH updated barrier face covering standards, ASTM F5302-21, allowing comparison between different barrier face coverings. [16]  

Standard Precautions

Standard precautions serve as a framework all healthcare providers should follow as part of an initial approach to limiting exposure. These preventative steps should be considered for every patient encounter. [17] [18] [19] [20]

 Standard precaution components are listed here:

• Hand hygiene, including hand washing, regardless if gloves are worn, before and after contact with a patient or bodily fluids [21] [22] [23]
• Appropriate use of PPE, including gown, gloves, and eye protection, especially if there is a risk of bodily fluid exposure
• Respiratory/cough etiquette to prevent droplet transmission of respiratory pathogens
• Patient placement with consideration for single patient rooms and routes of transmission for specific infectious agents
• Safe needle and instrument handling

Infection Prevention

PPE infection prevention recommendations can be categorized into specific transmission-based precautions. Following these recommendations, in addition to standard precautions, can protect healthcare providers and patients from disease infection. Clinical presentations giving concern for certain organism exposures require different standards of transmission prevention. [24] [25]  Please see Table 1. [26] [27]  

Contact precautions require the use of a gown and gloves in clinical situations involving organisms spread by direct or indirect contact with a patient or patient's environment. For example, clinical scenarios involving wound drainage, fecal matter, or other bodily discharge exposure would suggest using contact precautions. [28] [29]  

Droplet precautions should be utilized in respiratory illness where close mucous membrane contact or respiratory droplet exposure may occur. Droplet precautions should include standard precautions, eye protection, and a mask. Generally, pathogens requiring droplet precautions do not remain infectious over extended distances. Eye protection and an N-95 mask or higher-level respirator should be utilized with standard precautions in the setting of airborne precautions. Airborne pathogens have long-distance exposure potential that necessitates the need for special air handling and ventilation systems. These ventilation systems should meet the Architects Facility Guidelines Institute standards for airborne infection isolation rooms. Easily visible signs should be placed outside patient rooms and contact zones listing the required PPE for a specific patient encounter. [26]

Chemical and Nuclear Personal Protective Equipment

Healthcare providers may come into contact with harmful chemicals as part of day-to-day activity. Whether in the form of cleaning, pharmaceutical, or contamination, exposures are a risk at several points throughout regular workplace flow. In the event of exposure to workplace-stocked chemicals, Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) should be referenced for information specific to each chemical. Standard PPE should be utilized in the setting of chemical handling as defined by OSHA and CDC. Considerations should be made for areas of safe chemical handling, including adequate ventilation, safe handling areas, cleaning work surfaces, and spill procedures. In the scenario where a healthcare provider must enter a contaminated area with appropriate hazardous materials (HAZMAT), PPE must be utilized. [30] [31] [32]  

HAZMAT equipment PPE recommendations follow OSHA standards as outlined by Levels A, B, C, and D. Different levels of protection are offered in each guideline, from the highest level of protection, Level A, including self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) to Level D least protective including standard precautions and appropriate work uniform. Level A PPE should be utilized when the hazardous substance requires the highest level of eye, skin, and respiratory protection. [33] [34]  

Level A PPE guidelines are also followed when entering areas of poor ventilation or when a substance has not yet been identified as appropriate for a lower level of protection. Level B PPE provides protection in areas requiring a high level of respiratory protection, including scenes with less than 19.5% oxygen or incompletely identified vapors/gasses. Level C PPE protection is appropriate in situations necessitating air-purifying respirators and contaminants which will not cause adverse harm through exposed skin. Level D PPE would be utilized when no known hazard is present in the atmosphere and contact or inhalation with hazardous levels is precluded by work functions. Other PPE may be included as defined by specific sceneries and OSHA recommendations. Part of the appropriate response to chemical exposure also includes decontamination processes in addition to proper disposal of used PPE. [35]

Recommendations for nuclear hazardous materials come from OSHA guidelines regarding events involving chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) agents. [36]  Recommendations for specific exposure risks can be found in relation to the area of contamination. Three zones of contamination are outlined in the recommendations, with the red zone being the area of most significant contamination and the green zone being the area of lowest contamination. Level A OSHA protection is usually recommended in a red zone. Yellow zone area of contamination PPE needs should be decided with consideration for air monitoring results, skin contact risk, and proximity of the event. Green zone contamination with CBRN agents is unlikely to occur.

OSHA Defined PPE

• Level A: positive pressure full face-piece SCBA, encapsulating covering chemical protective suit, chemical-resistant outer gloves, chemical-resistant inner gloves, chemical-resistant boots with steel toe, disposable protective suit/gloves/boots
• Level B: positive pressure full face-piece SCBA, chemical-resistant clothes with hood, chemical-resistant outer gloves, chemical-resistant inner gloves, chemical-resistant boots with steel toe
• Level C: air purifying respirator, chemical-resistant clothes with hood, chemical-resistant outer gloves, chemical-resistant inner gloves, chemical-resistant boots with steel toe
• Level D: gloves, coveralls, chemical-resistant boots/shoes with steel toe, safety glasses or chemical splash goggles

Radiologic PPE

Exposure to ionizing radiation can present a significant long-term health risk to healthcare providers. PPE should be available for healthcare providers working within radiation-exposure settings. Of particular importance, dose reduction with exposure to x-ray and gamma radiation can be achieved with proper PPE. [37] [38] [39]  Providers practicing with X-ray and gamma radiation exposure, especially fluoroscopy and other image-guided procedure devices, should have access to a lead apron/vest, lead-lined glasses, lead-lined cap, and lead protection collar. [40] [41] [42] [43]  

Dose monitoring is required by OSHA Ionizing Radiation standards for workers who enter a high radiation area or restricted area or receive a dose in any calendar quarter more than 25% of the appropriate occupational limit. [44] [45] [46] [47]  OSHA standards for monitoring radiation exposure can be followed by wearing a person's passive dosimeter for exposure dose evaluation. [48] [49]

• Clinical Significance

Personal protective equipment implementation has become the standard of care for medical providers. The COVID-19 pandemic reshaped healthcare in many ways, including the increased emphasis on health practitioner safety in the presence of communicable diseases. PPE has been shown to prevent the spread of disease and preserve the health of individual practitioners. Following guidelines regarding the use of PPE sets a standard for all healthcare organizations to follow. Proper training is needed for PPE to be effective, including the appropriate application and removal of PPE.

Specific steps for putting on (donning) and taking off (doffing) pieces of PPE will be reviewed here. Not all components of PPE are required for each patient, and specific isolation precautions should be followed as appropriate. [50] [51] [52]

Suggested Sequence for Application of PPE

Donning of PPE should take place outside patient rooms. 

• Cover body from neck to knees, arms to wrists, and ensure gown wraps around the back
• Tie neck and waist straps if available
• Mask or Respirator
• Place straps or ties around the head/neck
• Adjust the flexible band to the nose bridge for proper fit
• Fit-check respirator
• Eye protection
• Place eye protection on the face to ensure adequate protection of the face/eyes
• May include goggles and/or a face shield
• Gloves 
• Ensure application of gloves extends to cover the wrist of the gown

Suggested Sequence for Removal of PPE

Doffing of PPE should take place outside patient rooms. If a respirator is in use, do not remove the respirator until after exiting the patient room. 

• Remove the first glove by grasping the palmar surface with the other gloved hand, and discard the first glove in the appropriate disposal container
• Remove the second glove by sliding the fingers of the ungloved hand under the remaining glove at the wrist, and discard the second glove in the appropriate disposal container
• Remove without touching the contaminated outside surface on the front of eye protection, and handle equipment by the strap or earpieces
• Dispose of in the appropriate reprocessing or waste container
• Release gown straps or ties
• Touching inside of gown only, remove by pulling away from neck and shoulders
• Turn the gown inside out
• Place in an appropriate disposal container
• Do not touch the front or mouth area of the mask/respirator
• Remove by releasing ties or straps around the back of the head
• Discard in the appropriate disposal container
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Proper use of CDC and OSHA-recommended PPE within a healthcare setting prevents the spread of infectious pathogens between patients and providers. However, more expansive studies are needed to review current practices and policies. [53] [54] [55] [56]

PPE also serves to help healthcare workers avoid harmful outcomes in the setting of exposure to CBRN agents. Adherence to PPE standards is multifaceted, with several components factoring into healthcare workers' ability and desire to follow PPE guidelines. Areas of concern include workplace culture, availability of PPE, training, trust in PPE, and communication of hospital guidelines. [57]

Administrative teams are often responsible for ensuring the availability of PPE resources. Infection prevention teams that monitor and track hospital personal standard precaution use may increase compliance. [58] [59] [Level 2] Following suggested doffing protocols can decrease the risk of potential contamination after providing care. [60] [61]  [Level 2]

PPE has been shown to offer protection against respiratory infections, especially COVID-19. [62]   [Level 1]

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What is personal protective equipment?

Personal protective equipment, commonly referred to as "PPE", is equipment worn to minimize exposure to hazards that cause serious workplace injuries and illnesses. These injuries and illnesses may result from contact with chemical, radiological, physical, electrical, mechanical, or other workplace hazards. Personal protective equipment may include items such as gloves, safety glasses and shoes, earplugs or muffs, hard hats, respirators, or coveralls, vests and full body suits.

What can be done to ensure proper use of personal protective equipment?

All personal protective equipment should be safely designed and constructed, and should be maintained in a clean and reliable fashion. It should fit comfortably, encouraging worker use. If the personal protective equipment does not fit properly, it can make the difference between being safely covered or dangerously exposed. When engineering, work practice, and administrative controls are not feasible or do not provide sufficient protection, employers must provide personal protective equipment to their workers and ensure its proper use. Employers are also required to train each worker required to use personal protective equipment to know:

• When it is necessary
• What kind is necessary
• How to properly put it on, adjust, wear and take it off
• The limitations of the equipment
• Proper care, maintenance, useful life, and disposal of the equipment

If PPE is to be used, a PPE program should be implemented. This program should address the hazards present; the selection, maintenance, and use of PPE; the training of employees; and monitoring of the program to ensure its ongoing effectiveness.

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• Personal protective equipment (PPE) can help protect you from hazards at work.
• You can use PPE while you are pregnant or breastfeeding.
• PPE is most effective when it fits properly.
• Gloves and respirators are two types of PPE.

What I should know about wearing PPE

Personal protective equipment (PPE) is equipment that is worn to reduce your exposure to hazardous chemicals and other hazards. Gloves, protective clothing, hearing protection, goggles, and respirators are types of PPE.

You should wear the right type of PPE based on your work tasks, hazards, and types of chemicals in the workplace. PPE must also be maintained correctly, or else it might provide little or no protection.

PPE typically reduces your exposure but does not eliminate it completely. Wearing PPE does not guarantee complete protection for you, or for a fetus if you are pregnant.

Choosing the right type of gloves

Some chemicals can pass through, or permeate, certain glove materials very quickly. The companies that sell gloves have guides that show how specific glove types or fabrics will hold up to specific chemicals. Work with your company's safety office or a company that sells PPE to find the right gloves and other PPE.

Here are examples of glove selection guides from companies:

• Ansell 8th Edition Chemical Resistance Guide [PDF 465 KB]
• ChemRest Chemical Resistance Glove Search

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Respirators and pregnancy

Respirators are protective masks or hoods that you can wear to help you breathe cleaner air. There are many different types of respirators. Many respirators are unlikely to cause difficulties for pregnant workers, but there are a few things to consider:

• Weight changes can affect how a respirator fits
• If a respirator does not fit correctly, it may not protect you
• Some respirators can make you work harder to breathe
• Pregnancy can also make a person work harder to breathe

Talk to your doctor and safety officer to make sure you can wear your respirator safely and correctly throughout pregnancy. Pregnant people who have difficulty with their normal respirators might be able to make some changes at work, like:

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PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT Personal Protective Equipment Is Any Physical Material Or Equipment That Is Placed Between The Employee And Workplace Hazards To Reduce The Injury Potential Of The Hazard.

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT PPE Is To Be Selected And Provided To An Employee Who Is Assigned Duties Where Hazards Cannot Be Sufficiently Abated Or Removed To Prevent Occupational Injury Or Illness.

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT • First - Assess The Workplace For Hazards That Cannot Be Sufficiently Minimized Or Deleted. • Managers, Supervisors, And Employees Should Be Involved In This Process. • Identification Process Should Be Ongoing.

TRAINING AREAS • When To Wear PPE. • What PPE Is To Be Worn. • How To Donn And Adjust PPE. • The Limitations Of PPE. • The Care And Maintenance Of PPE. • The Useful Life And Disposal Of PPE.

Safety Glasses Goggles Face Shields Helmets Hoods Sleeves Shoes And Boots Mats And Blankets Respirators Gloves Coveralls Many Others TYPES OF PPE

EYE & FACE PROTECTIONWork Requiring PPE • Working With Molten Metals. • Working With Liquid Chemicals. • Working With Hazardous Gases. • Working With Flying Particles. • Working With Injurious Radiant Energy.

HEAD PROTECTIONHard Hats • Class A - Protection From Falling Objects, Bumps, and Voltage Up To 2,200 Volts. • Class B - Protection From Falling Objects, Bumps, And Up To 20,000 Volts Of Current. • Class C - Provides Protection From Bumps And Falling Objects, But No Protection From Electrical Current.

HAND PROTECTIONGloves • Tape Tops Or Fold To Keep Liquids Out And Off Skin. • Vinyl, Rubber, Or Neoprene Are Adequate For Most Chemicals. • May Need Synthetic Gloves For Petroleum Based Products. • Vibration Absorbing Gloves Work Well.

HAND PROTECTIONGloves • Leather Or Cotton Are Appropriate For most Abrasive Jobs. • Never Wear Metal Reinforced Gloves Around Electrical Work. • Be Sure Gloves Fit! Gloves Too Large Or Too Small Can Lead To Injuries.

FOOT PROTECTIONBoots & Shoes • Steel Toed Safety Shoes And Boots. • Puncture Proof Soles. • Non-Conductive For Electrical Work. • Rubber Or Synthetic Footware Around Chemicals.

FOOT PROTECTION • Avoid Leather Around Chemicals. • Foot Guards Or Ankle Shields May Be Needed For Some Jobs. • A Static Free Shoe Designed To Drain Off Static Electricity May Be Needed Around Computers.

HEARING PROTECTION • Common Workplace Injury. • Gradual Increase Over Time. • Damage Can Be Caused Without Pain. • Incorrect Protection Or Protection Worn Incorrectly Can Be Equally Damaging.

YOU NEED PROTECTION WHEN • Workplace Sounds Are Irritating. • You Must Raise your Voice To Be Heard From Two Feet Away. • Ears Ringing After Leaving Work. • Sound Levels Reach 85 Decibels Over An Eight-Hour Period. • Short Bursts Of High-Pitched, Loud, or Continuous Sounds

PROTECTION TYPESEarplugs & Earmuffs • Plugs Offer The Most Protection. • Comfortable And Easy To Insert And Use. • Muffs Made Of Foam Rubber And Must Fit Snugly. • May Need Both In Severe Places. • Must Keep Sound Below 90 dbl.

RESPIRATORY PROTECTION • Respiratory Protection Is Generally Afforded By The Proper Selection And Use Of Respirators. • Respiratory Protection Is Covered Extensively In A Specific Standard.

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Personal Protective Equipment. Kerstin Bergemalm-Rynell Senior Chemist Marianne Andersson Lab Technician Occupational & Environmental Medicin Sahlgrenska University Hospital. AFS 2001:3 From The Swedish Work Environment Authority. The use of Personal Protective Equipment

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Personal Protective Equipment . Overview. Adapted from the FAD PReP /NAHEMS Guidelines: Personal Protective Equipment (2011). This Presentation. Clarify what is meant by “PPE” Purpose of PPE Hazard assessment, control and cost-benefit analysis PPE education and training

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Personal protective equipment. Personal Protective Equipment. Personal Protective Equipment or PPE is selected based on the specific job hazards you face. Job Hazards. Examples of Job Hazards are: Noise Chemicals Accidental Impact Sharp objects Flying Particles Dust & Mists Bright Light

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PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT. Standard Precautions A. Equipment and methods that prevent the transmission of microorganisms from one person to another 1. Established early in the AIDS epidemic 2. Prior to the diagnosis of AIDS, PPE was used only

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Personal Protective Equipment. Protecting Employees from Workplace Hazards. Employers must protect employees from hazards such as falling objects, harmful substances, and noise exposures that can cause injury Employers must:

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Personal Protective Equipment. Adapted from: OSHA 3151-12R2003 Personal Protective Equipment document. Learning Objective. Upon completion of this unit the participants will be able to identify the need for Personal Protective Equipment on Wisconsin Dairy Farms. . Learner Outcomes.

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Personal Protective Equipment. Presented by Cynthia Williams and Terri Walker. What Does OSHA Say?. Requires PPE to be provided To be used To be maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition OSHA Rule applies

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Personal Protective Equipment. Presented By: Jared Sherman UIC HSET Manager. What is PPE ?. Clothing and equipment designed to protect you from workplace hazards that cannot otherwise be controlled. Safety glasses  Gloves Goggles  Clothing Boots  Safety Shoes

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PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT. Phil Lewis, CSP Assistant Director of Environmental Health and Safety 210 East Fourth Street Greenville, NC 27858 [email protected] [email protected]. PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.

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Personal Protective Equipment. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). OBJECTIVES. Highlight OSHA PPE Standards (Subpart I) Occupational Noise Exposure Respiratory Protection Written PPE Program Elements PPE Selection and Limitations Training Tips Complete a Hazard Assessment.

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Personal Protective Equipment. Respirator Usage and Safety. What is a respirator?. Worn on face Covers nose and mouth Forms a tight seal against skin Filters out certain airborne particles. Types of respirators. Classification of Respirators. Air-Purifying Respirators

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Personal Protective Equipment. Workplace assessments Criteria for selection Proper use, care, and maintenance. Hierarchy of controls. Engineering controls Administrative controls PPE. PPE Hazard Assessment Categories. Impact (falling objects or potential for dropping objects)

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Personal Protective Equipment. Biosafety and Biosecurity Awareness Training For Afghan and Pakistani Bioscientists January 12-14, 2010. SAND No. 2008-0480P

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