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Personal Author:
Hammond, Duane R. ; Cecala, Andrew B. ; Colinet, Jay F.; ; Garcia, Alberto ; Mead, Kenneth R. ; ... More +
Hammond, Duane R. ; Cecala, Andrew B. ; Colinet, Jay F.; ; Garcia, Alberto ; Mead, Kenneth R. ; Echt, Alan ; Shulman, Stanley A. ; Hein, Misty J. ; Gressel, Michael G. ; Blade, Leo Michael ; Zimmer, Jeanne A. ; Lo, Liming ; Joy, Gerald J. ; Chekan, Gregory J. ; Kovein, Ronald ; Marlow, David Less -
Corporate Authors:
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. ; California Department of Public Health. Occupational Health Branch. ; National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory. ; United States. Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. ; California Department of Public Health. Occupational Health Branch. ; National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory. ; United States. Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Less -
Description:
Healthcare personnel are at increased risk for exposure to ATD pathogens and, when other controls have been considered and implemented as appropriate, may be required to use respiratory protection. In order for respirators to provide effective protection they must be properly selected, used, and maintained as part of a written program, which describes how employers will provide employees adequate medical evaluations, training, and fit testing. The program must be evaluated regularly through observation and obtaining input from all respirator users and persons involved in implementing the program. Public health guidance and regulations must be regularly reviewed for changes and utilized to identify tasks and pathogens requiring the use of respiratory protection.

This document was adapted from a California-specific guide, Implementing Respiratory Protection Programs in Hospitals: A Guide for Respirator Program Administrators, May 2012, which was developed by the California Department of Public Health, Occupational Health Branch, and the Public Health Institute under contract no. 254-2010-345-11 from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory (NIOSH-NPPTL). The guide was adapted under contract no. 254-2011-M-40839 from NIOSH-NPPTL to produce this toolkit.

OSHA Publication Number 3767-05 2015

NIOSHTIC No 20046220


Subjects:
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Cross Infection/prevention & Control Hospitals Inhalation Exposure/prevention & Control Respiratory Protective Devices/utilization
Series:
DHHS publication ; no. (NIOSH) 2015-117 ; OSHA publication ; number 3767-05 2015
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Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library collection
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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/31236/cdc_31236_DS1.pdf
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