Download or read book NIOSH Recommended Guidelines for Personal Respiratory Protection of Workers in Health care Facilities Potentially Exposed to Tuberculosis written by National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book NIOSH Recommended Guidelines for Personal Respiratory Protection of Workers in Health care Facilities Potentially Exposed to Tuberculosis written by National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tuberculosis in the Workplace written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2001-05-15 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before effective treatments were introduced in the 1950s, tuberculosis was a leading cause of death and disability in the United States. Health care workers were at particular risk. Although the occupational risk of tuberculosis has been declining in recent years, this new book from the Institute of Medicine concludes that vigilance in tuberculosis control is still needed in workplaces and communities. Tuberculosis in the Workplace reviews evidence about the effectiveness of control measuresâ€"such as those recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Preventionâ€"intended to prevent transmission of tuberculosis in health care and other workplaces. It discusses whether proposed regulations from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration would likely increase or sustain compliance with effective control measures and would allow adequate flexibility to adapt measures to the degree of risk facing workers.
Download or read book Spectrum Health Care Inc written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tuberculosis Resource Guide written by P. Heinsohn and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1996 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To be used as a resource guide for those involved in the control of TB both as a public health problem and an occupational health problem. Contains in-depth information on many topics, including the epidemiology of TB, TB as an indoor air quality problem, advice on selecting consultants to ascertain indoor air quality as it relates to TB, public health control measures, occupational hygiene control measures, applicable regulations and guidelines, current research, and product specifications of commercially available engineering controls.
Download or read book Hospital Respiratory Protection Program Toolkit Resources for Respirator Program Administrators written by and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-03 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hospital Respiratory Protection Program Toolkit - Resources for Respirator Program Administrators Introduction to This Toolkit This toolkit was developed to assist hospitals in developing and implementing effective respiratory protection programs, with an emphasis on preventing the transmission of aerosol transmissible diseases (ATDs) to healthcare personnel. Healthcare personnel are paid and unpaid persons who provide patient care in a healthcare setting or support the delivery of healthcare by providing clerical, dietary, housekeeping, engineering, security, or maintenance services. Healthcare personnel may potentially be exposed to ATD pathogens. Aerosols are particles or droplets suspended in air. ATDs are diseases transmitted when infectious agents, which are suspended or present in particles or droplets, contact the mucous membranes or are inhaled. Hospitals are unique work environments with challenging occupational health and safety issues. Some hospitals have health and safety personnel who are highly qualified to develop and implement appropriate policies and procedures to control workplace exposures. However, in many facilities with more limited resources, the role of the health and safety professional might be taken on as an added responsibility by someone in the nursing, employee health, or infection control department. This toolkit is written as a practical manual that can be used by anyone charged with setting up and maintaining a hospital respiratory protection program. A respirator is a device worn over the nose and mouth to protect the wearer from hazardous materials in the breathing zone. Notice: 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. This guidance document is not a standard or regulation, and it creates no new legal obligations. It contains recommendations as well as descriptions of mandatory safety and health standards. The recommendations are advisory in nature, informational in content, and are intended to assist employers in providing a safe and healthful workplace. The Occupational Safety and Health Act requires employers to comply with safety and health standards and regulations promulgated by OSHA or by a state with an OSHA-approved state plan. In addition, the Act's General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1), requires employers to provide their employees with a workplace free from recognized hazards likely to cause death or serious physical harm. * The version of this publication is as described above (this article is updated after each new edition). Disclaimer: "The use or appearance of United States federal publications, text, images or logos on a non-Federal Government website does not imply or constitute of endorsement of the distribution service."
Download or read book Respiratory Protection Handbook written by Ching-tsen Bien and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2023-07-28 with total page 555 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For novices and experienced health and safety professionals alike, the Respiratory Protection Handbook fills a critical gap in the respiratory protection literature. This extensive guide provides all the information you need to dramatically expand your understanding of the concepts and day-to-day operations of respiratory protection. It is a fully self-contained text that expertly accomplishes two goals: first, for the novice, it clearly explains how to establish and implement an effective respiratory protection program; and second, for the experienced professional, it provides in-depth knowledge that goes beyond basics. Respiratory Protection Handbook addresses the development of respiratory protection devices, the capabilities and limitations of specific respirators, the respirator certification system, how to select appropriate filters, how to predict the service life of sorbents, fit testing methods, assigned protection factors, and much more. Nowhere else will you find a single source on this topic containing so much information.
Download or read book Niosh Criteria for a Recommended Standard Occupational Exposure to Heat and Hot Environments written by National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (U.S.) and published by National Institute on Drug Abuse. This book was released on 2018-08-03 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Occupational exposure to heat can result in injuries, disease, reduced productivity, and death. To address this hazard, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has evaluated the scientific data on heat stress and hot environments and has updated the Criteria for a Recommended Standard: Occupational Exposure to Hot Environments [NIOSH 1986a]. This updated guidance includes information about physiological changes that result from heat stress, and relevant studies such as those on caffeine use, evidence to redefine heat stroke, and more. Related products: Weather & Climate collection is available here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/weather-climate Emergency Management & First Responders can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/emergency-management-first-responders Fire Management collection is available here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/fire-management
Download or read book Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications written by and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 838 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Reusable Elastomeric Respirators in Health Care written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2019-04-15 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. During a public health emergency, challenges will arise concerning the availability of respiratory protective devices (i.e., respirators). Reusable respirators (specifically, reusable half-facepiece elastomeric respirators) are the standard respiratory protection device used in many industries, and they provide an option for use in health care that has to date not been fully explored. The durability and reusability of elastomeric respirators make them desirable for stockpiling for emergencies, where the need for large volumes of respirators can be anticipated. However, they are used infrequently in health care. Reusable Elastomeric Respirators in Health Care explores the potential for the use of elastomeric respirators in the U.S. health care system with a focus on the economic, policy, and implementation challenges and opportunities. This report examines the practicability of elastomeric use in health care on a routine basis and during an influenza pandemic or other large aerosol-transmissible outbreak, when demand for respiratory protective devices by U.S. health care personnel may be larger than domestic supplies. The report also addresses the issues regarding emergency stockpile management of elastomeric respiratory protective devices.
Download or read book Tuberculosis and Veterans Medical Centers written by DIANE Publishing Company and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1994-04 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on an incomparable collection of architectural drawings and prints,photographs, books, and periodicals, Architecture and Its Image explores the idea of serial imageryin architectural representation through works dating from the Renaissance to today.Although drawingsand photographs of architecture are often viewed as single images, they are generally produced inseries. The most basic of these is the set of drawings that shows a building in plan, elevation, andsection. But as Architecture and Its Image reveals, the concept can be extended to other types ofarchitectural representations: theater sets, travel accounts, photographic surveys, pattern books,even the alternative designs submitted for competition. All relate in different ways to theirsubjects; viewed in series, all reveal underlying principles of organization that can convey newunderstanding of architectural imagery.Under the headings Architecture in Three Dimensions,Architecture in Place and Time, and Architecture in Process, essays by six scholars use the conceptof serial imagery to explore the complex relationship between various types of architecturalrepresentations and their subject matter: projective drawings (Robin Evans), 19th-century urbansurvey photography (Eve Blau), the travel narratives of English architectural "explorers" from themid-18th to the mid-19th century (Edward Kaufman), festival and theater architecture (WilliamAlexander McClung), architectural publications, competitions, and exhibitions (Helene Lipstadt), andcomputer graphics (Robert Bruegmann).An accompanying catalog describes 350 examples, drawn from theCCA collections, of work by architects and architectural delineators, photographers, andcartographers. The book is illustrated by over 400 superbly reproduced duotone illustrations and 16pages of color.Eve Blau is Curator of Exhibitions and Publications at the CCA. Edward Kaufman isAssistant Professor in the School of Architecture at Columbia University.Architecture and Its Imageis a publication of the Centre Canadien d'Architecture/Canadian Centre for Architecture, MontrealDistributed by The MIT Press.
Download or read book VA health care written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book NIOSH Case Studies in Bioaerosols written by Shirley A. Ness and published by Government Institutes. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conducted by NIOSH, these comprehensive case studies bring the latest research and technology to bear on workplace health problems which companies are likely to encounter at a variety of worksites. These hard-to-find case studies have been selected based on a number of variables, including type of workplace involved, the activities conducted there, and the causative agents determined to be responsible for the problems.
Download or read book TB Notes written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Requirements for Preventing Occupational Exposure to Tuberculosis written by New Jersey. Department of Health and Senior Services. Public Employees Occupational Safety and Health Program and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book NIOSH Guide to Industrial Respiratory Protection written by Nancy J. Bollinger and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
