Implementing Hospital Respiratory Protection Programs: Strategies from the Field

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• Corporate Authors:
  The Joint Commission ; The Joint Commission
• Description:
  Increasing evidence suggests that healthcare is a high-hazard industry and that healthcare workers face a variety of potential dangers on the job. One often-overlooked danger is exposure to various types of respiratory hazards. To protect their workers and the patients they serve, hospitals and other healthcare organizations have established respiratory protection programs (RPPs). In any workplace where respiratory protection serves as a method for controlling employee exposure to airborne hazards, these comprehensive programs are required by law according to the 1998 Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standard on Respiratory Protection (29 CFR 1910.134).3 The programs must be overseen by a designated respiratory protection program administrator (RPP administrator). This educational monograph is intended to stimulate greater awareness and knowledge of the importance of effective respiratory protection programs in hospitals as well as to provide examples of strategies for overcoming common implementation challenges. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Case Reports Communicable Diseases Education Hazardous Substances Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Hospitals Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Respiratory Protective Devices Respiratory System Safety

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• Keywords:
  Administration Case Studies Communication Systems Disease Control Disease Prevention Disease Transmission Guidelines Hazard Communication Health Care Facilities Health Protection Hospital Equipment Infection Control Infection Prevention Information Dissemination Medical Facilities Occupational Health Programs Occupational Safety And Health Administration OSHA Personal Protective Equipment PPE Respirators Respiratory Equipment Respiratory Protection Respiratory Protective Equipment Safety Education Social Media Standards Website Work Operations

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• Publisher:
  The Joint Commission
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Final Contract Report ; Final Contract Report
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  NPPTL - National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory ; NPPTL - National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-86
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20050640
• Citation:
  Oak Brook, IL: The Joint Commission, 2015 May; :1-86
• Contact Point Address:
  The Joint Commission, Department of Health Services Research, Division of Healthcare Quality Evaluation, One Renaissance Boulevard, Oakbrook Terrace, IL
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• Performing Organization:
  The Joint Commission, Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Implementing hospital respiratory protection programs: strategies from the field
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b1edc7961925174b3865e5e4d64a2fa56d6b009332dffbc03ff6621faa59413e6dd405532e9c1ad5a88a07982802a7b034e1e432ef7870c535f0c439ceeeea0b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/210903/cdc_210903_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 6.28 MB ]