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Participant responses were compared to UK national recommendations and to a previous survey in 2009.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1049023X15004690_abs3\" sec-type=\"results\"><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>A total of 98 specialist registrars (in Anesthesiology, n=51; in Emergency Medicine (EM), n=21; and in Intensive Care Medicine (ICM) n=26) completed hand-delivered surveys. The best knowledge of PPE requirements (76%) was found for severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), with less knowledge about PPE requirements for anthrax, plague, Ebola virus disease (EVD), and smallpox (60%). The results show limited knowledge of PPE requirements (20%-30%) for various chemical warfare agents. 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