Assessment of the use of reusable respirators (nonfiltering facepiece respirators) in healthcare organizations.

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• Personal Author:
  Buckheit K ; Curran JP ; Morris Brown L ; Rogers B
• Description:
  The purpose of this project was to assess respirator use practices among HCWs (including the potential benefits of using non FFRs) to evaluate current use practices in health care settings and inform future national stockpile considerations and standards development. This project demonstrated the need to carefully examine what is the best approach to respirator usage from a practice, cost, and care perspective. Policy makers need to decide with worker input what the best respirator choice is, taking into consideration the best approaches to training, monitoring, and limitations on exposure. For example, even after a diligent recruitment strategy, only one of the nine healthcare organizations included in this report used elastomerics for HCWs. This finding has important implications for the distribution and use of elastomerics during a pandemic as an alternative to N-95s, since extensive training of HCWs would be required prior to use. Purchasing respirators that workers do not like or will not use is not useful. Better guidance and a competency-based approach should be encouraged. Patient care and good outcomes must also be considered in the mix for effective decision making that will benefit all and should be an important area for research. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Decision Making Elastomers Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Respiratory Protective Devices Respiratory System Safety Safety Management Staff Development

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• Keywords:
  Respirators; Respiratory equipment; Respiratory protective equipment; Respiratory protection; Medical facilities; Health care facilities; Health protection; Personal protective equipment; PPE; Health care personnel; Medical personnel; Work organization; Work practices; Worker safety; N95 filtering facepiece respirators; Non-powered respirators; Decision making; Policy; Training; Safety monitoring; Occupational exposure; Employee exposure; Elastomeric half-mask respirators
• Publisher:
  RTI International
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Final Contract Report
• Place as Subject:
  North Carolina ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  NPPTL - National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-233
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20050689
• Citation:
  Research Triangle Park, NC: RTI International, 2015 Jul; :1-233
• Contact Point Address:
  Bonnie Rogers, RTI International, 3040 E. Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• Performing Organization:
  RTI International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Assessment of the use of reusable respirators (nonfiltering facepiece respirators) in healthcare organizations
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/245952/cdc_245952_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]