A unified personal protective equipment ensemble for clinical response to possible high consequence infectious diseases: A consensus document on behalf of the HCID programme.

•Potential safety issues have been identified with current PPE ensembles for HCID.•Our novel simulation model tests PPE for both bodily fluid and airborne pathogens.•A new consensus model of PPE for HCID is proposed, with supporting safety data.•The model is explained, together with protocols for donning and doffing PPE safely.•It has been agreed by a working group of expert stakeholders from around the UK.