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Creator: Feldman, Oren, Michal Meir, Danielle Shavit, Ravit Idelman, and Itai Shavit.
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-04-27
Description: A major challenge with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic is the effective protection of health care workers. -
Creator: Fisher, Edward M., John D. Noti, William G. Lindsley, Francoise M. Blachere, and Ronald E. Shaffer.
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2014-08
Description: Facemasks are part of the hierarchy of interventions used to reduce the transmission of respiratory pathogens by providing a barrier. -
Creator: Gandhi, Monica, Chris Beyrer, and Eric Goosby.
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-07-31
Description: Although the benefit of population-level public facial masking to protect others during the COVID-19 pandemic has received a great deal of attention, we discuss for one of the first times the hypothesis that universal masking reduces the “inoculum”… -
Creator: Harber, Philip, Brenda Merz, and Karen Chi.
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 1999-05
Description: Respirators are widely used for protection against inhaled toxins. The emphasis of research and implementation effort has evolved through several stages: the respirator device itself, use situation, respirator program factors under employer control,… -
Creator: Lenhart, Steven W., Teresa Seitz, Douglas Trout, and Nancy Bollinger.
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2004-03-01
Description: The goal of occupational health practice is to protect the health of workers by preventing diseases and injuries from occurring. -
Creator: Lindsley, William G., John D. Noti, Francoise M. Blachere, Jonathan V. Szalajda, and Donald H. Beezhold.
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2014
Description: Health care workers are exposed to potentially infectious airborne particles while providing routine care to coughing patients. -
Creator: Lore, Michael B., Brian K. Heimbuch, Teanne L. Brown, Joseph D. Wander, and Steven H. Hinrichs.
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2011-08-22
Description: Filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs) are recommended for use as precautions against airborne pathogenic microorganisms; however, during pandemics demand for FFRs may far exceed availability. -
Creator: MacIntyre, C. Raina, Cauchemez Simon, E. Dwyer Dominic, Seale Holly, Cheung Pamela, Browne Gary, Fasher Michael, Wood James, Gao Zhanhai, Booy Robert, and Ferguson Neil.
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2009-02
Description: Many countries are stockpiling face masks for use as a nonpharmaceutical intervention to control virus transmission during an influenza pandemic. -
Creator: Minnesota Department of Health
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Video
Date Last Updated: 2018-05-14
Description: This video demonstrates how to don and doff a mask (masks) in the clinical area. -
Creator: NETEC
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2020-03-16
Description: COVID-19: PPE-Flyer (pdf file, printable flyer, infographic) PPE Competency Validation Checklist (pdf file) PPE Competency Validation Checklist - Instructor Guide. (pdf instructor guide) PPE/Glove removal: For step-by-step instructions on the…Conservation strategies: This resource contains recommendations facilitating conservation of equipment and supplies during contingency (expected shortages) and crisis (known shortages) capacities and should not be applied as guidance when conventional capacities are available.