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| Reusable Elastomeric Respirators in Health Care: Considerations for Routine and Surge Use |
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ISBN: 978-0-309-48515-9,
211 pages,
Soft Cover
ISBN-10: 0-309-48515-0 |
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| Copyright: |
2019 |
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| Edition: |
1st |
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| Author: |
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine |
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Specialties:
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Health Care Administration
, Health Policy
, Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
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| Publisher: |
National Academies Press |
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500 5th Street, NW |
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Keck 360 |
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Washington, DC 20001 |
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UNITED STATES |
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P: 8006246242
F: 202-334-2793 |
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http://www.nap.edu |
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| List Price: |
$60.00 |
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At A Glance
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Protecting the health and safety of health care workers is vital to the health of each of us. Preparing for and responding to a future influenza pandemic or to a sustained outbreak of an airborne transmissible disease requires a high-level commitment to respiratory protection for health care workers across the wide range of settings in which they work and the jobs that they perform. Keeping health care workers healthy is an ethical commitment both in terms of addressing the occupational risks faced by health care workers and of providing for the continuity of patient care and services needed to maintain the health of individuals and communities.
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Reviewer:
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John Pierce,
MBBS(MD) PhD
(Navy Environmental Health Center)
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Reviewer:
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John Pierce,
MBBS(MD) PhD
(Navy Environmental Health Center)
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Description
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| This is the National Academies' consensus report regarding the use and reliability of reusable elastomeric respirators in health care for routine and surge use. |
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Purpose
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| The purpose is to publish the results of the large consensus study process. The heart of its preparation occurred in 2018 and included four committee meetings, including associated workshops, all held in Washington, DC. |
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Audience
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| A review of presenters' and organizers' affiliations provides a reasonable summary of interested parties: the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, city and state departments of health, medical directors and public health nurses, respiratory therapists, respirator manufacturers, and national laboratories. Given the importance of respiratory logistics in surge scenarios, the research community will likely find this report useful, too. |
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Features
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| In addition to meeting agendas and biographical sketches, the book includes an introduction, a summary, definitions and descriptions, guidelines for implementing routine and surge use of reusable elastomeric respirators in health care settings, and research and development. |
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Assessment
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| The Academies bring together a multidisciplinary team to address solutions and examine knowledge shortfalls. The issue of increasing reusability of these critical devices will obviously continue to occupy government planners and others. |
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