Showers can actually do more harm than good if the equipment is permeable, or the individual did not follow protocol when donning. Meaning even little things like not cuffing your gloves.

The can cause overconfidence in regards to contamination.

Maybe? I'm a firefighter/paramedic (with training and experience in hazmat operations). I don't know anything about the specific procedures used in this case.

I doubt they do in this case though. Probably at the end of the shift, but when you are in and out of a patient's room a dozen times a day, it's not likely they do a full decon each time.

EDIT: Just reread your post after seeing frankydp's reply. I thought you were asking about decon showers _after_ removing PPE. frankydp is absolutely correct that showering while wearing most styles of PPE is a bad idea.

I was wondering the same. Clearly this wouldn't work with permeable cloths as that would just rinse possible virus into the suit (assuming water). UV exposure perhaps, there are a lot of these (http://www.sott.net/article/287166-Ultraviolet-light-robot-k...) things going around.