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PPE: personal protective equipment: PPF: posterior pharyngeal flap PPH: postpartum haemorrhage primary pulmonary hypertension procedure for prolapse and hemorrhoids: PPI: proton pump inhibitor: PPMS Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis: PPROM: preterm prelabor rupture of membranes: PPS: post-polio syndrome Ppt: precipitate precipitating PPTCT
Personal protective equipment ranks last on the hierarchy of controls, as the workers are regularly exposed to the hazard, with a barrier of protection. The hierarchy of controls is important in acknowledging that, while personal protective equipment has tremendous utility, it is not the desired mechanism of control in terms of worker safety.
The term is defined by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), which is responsible for PPE regulation, [2] as the "equipment that protects employees from serious injury or illness resulting from contact with chemical, radiological, physical, electrical, mechanical, or other hazards."
Pronunciation follows convention outside the medical field, in which acronyms are generally pronounced as if they were a word (JAMA, SIDS), initialisms are generally pronounced as individual letters (DNA, SSRI), and abbreviations generally use the expansion (soln. = "solution", sup. = "superior").
A number of sources provide lists of initialisms and acronyms commonly used in health care. The terms listed are used in the English language within the healthcare systems and by healthcare professionals of various countries. [3] Examples of terms include BP, COPD, [9] TIMI score, and SOAP. [10] There is no standardised list. [3]
The main discussion of these abbreviations in the context of drug prescriptions and other medical prescriptions is at List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions. Some of these abbreviations are best not used, as marked and explained here.
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