Personal protective equipment for filovirus epidemics: a call for better evidence

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• Personal Author:
  Caluwaerts A ; Draper M ; Feldmann H ; Frey CP ; Funk RH ; Kobinger G ; Le Duc JW ; Spiropoulou C ; Sprecher AG ; Williams WJ
• Description:
  Personal protective equipment (PPE) is an important part of worker protection during filovirus outbreaks. The need to protect against a highly virulent fluid-borne pathogen in the tropical environment imposes a heat stress on the wearer that is itself a safety risk. No evidence supports the choice of PPE employed in recent outbreaks, and standard testing procedures employed by the protective garment industry do not well simulate filovirus exposure. Further research is needed to determine the appropriate PPE for filoviruses and the heat stress that it imposes. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Communicable Diseases Heat Stress Disorders Hot Temperature Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Protective Clothing Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Viral Diseases
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Ebola Fluids Heat-exposure Heat-stress Heat Stress Disorders Hemorrhagic Fever Hot-environments Infection-control Infectious-diseases Pathogens Personal-protective-equipment Protective-clothing Protective-equipment Protective Clothing Risk-factors Viral-diseases Viral-infections

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• ISSN:
  0022-1899
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; Minnesota ; Montana ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 6 ; OSHA Region 8 ; Pennsylvania ; Texas
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  NPPTL - National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory ; EPRO - Emergency Preparedness and Response Office
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  212
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20046476
• Citation:
  J Infect Dis 2015 Oct; 212(Suppl 2):S98-S100
• Contact Point Address:
  Armand G. Sprecher, MD, MPH, Medical Department, Médecins Sans Frontières, rue Arbre Bénit 46, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
• Email:
  armand.sprecher@brussels.msf.org
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  The Journal of Infectious Diseases
• Supplement:
  2
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:74ca6f9ff8aa6e11f533b695ade20670d30c595b5547fa449a78c5b4eddab669f14b297c4ad729fb76a7dba7a63bf2c0e1dc742427905d5bab35cd8f820b5dec
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/201524/cdc_201524_DS1.pdf
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