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Creator: Wang, Xu, Xiaoxi Zhang, and Jiangjiang He.
Subject: Physical Infrastructure
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-03-15
Description: On December 31, 2019, the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission announced an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), China is now at a critical period in the control of the epidemic. -
Creator: University of Nebraska Medical Center / Nebraska Medicine
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2020-03-21
Description: The ongoing pandemic of SARS-CoV-2 resulting in COVID-19 has severely stressed the worldwide healthcare system and has created dangerous shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) including N95 filtering facepiece respirators (N95 FFRs). In an…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.
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Creator: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Hyperlink
Date Last Updated: 2018-05-15
Description: Guidance information about Masks and N95 Respirators -
Creator: Tong, P. S., A. S. Kale, K. Ng, A. P. Loke, M. A. Choolani, C. L. Lim, Y. H. Chan, Y. S. Chong, P. A. Tambyah, and E. L. Yong.
Subject: Personnel Management
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2015-11-16
Description: Outbreaks of emerging infectious diseases have led to guidelines recommending the routine use of N95 respirators for healthcare workers, many of whom are women of childbearing age. The respiratory effects of prolonged respirator use on pregnant women… -
Creator: Rule, Ana M., Otis Apau, Steven H. Ahrenholz, Scott E. Brueck, William G. Lindsley, Marie A. de Perio, John D. Noti, Ronald E. Shaffer, Richard Rothman, Alina Grigorovitch, Bahar Noorbakhsh, Donald H. Beezhold, Patrick L. Yorio, Trish M. Perl, and…
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2018-08-31
Description: Healthcare personnel are at high risk for exposure to influenza by direct and indirect contact, droplets and aerosols, and by aerosol generating procedures. -
Creator: Roberge, Raymond J., Emily Bayer, Jeffrey B. Powell, Aitor Coca, Marc R. Roberge, and Stacey M. Benson.
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2010-08
Description: This study evaluated the effect of exhaled moisture on the breathing resistance of three classes of filtering facepiece respirators (FFR) following 4 h of continuous wear at a breathing volume of 40 l min(-1), utilizing an automated breathing and… -
Creator: Ridder, M. P., K. D. Paladino, J. J. Lowe, and M. E. Rupp.
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2021-04-06
Description: Prior outbreaks of respiratory viruses have demonstrated the need for adequate personal protective equipment (PPE) for healthcare workers, particularly filtering facepiece respirators (FFR). Due to shortfalls of PPE during the SARS CoV-2 pandemic,… -
Creator: Radonovich, Lewis J., Mary T. Bessesen, Derek A. Cummings, Aaron Eagan, Charlotte Gaydos, Cynthia Gibert, Geoffrey J. Gorse, Ann-Christine Nyquist, Nicholas G. Reich, Maria Rodrigues-Barradas, Connie Savor-Price, Ronald E. Shaffer, Michael S.…
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2016-06-02
Description: Although N95 filtering facepiece respirators and medical masks are commonly used for protection against respiratory infections in healthcare settings, more clinical evidence is needed to understand the optimal settings and exposure circumstances for… -
Creator: Pompeii, Lisa A., Colleen S. Kraft, Erik A. Brownsword, Morgan A. Lane, Elisa Benavides, Janelle Rios, and Lewis J. Radonovich, Jr.
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-03-25
Description: The demand for disposable respiratory protective devices needed to protect health care personnel may exceed supply during large outbreaks of respiratory infectious diseases. -
Creator: OSHA
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2015-05
Description: Resources for Respirator Program Administrators.
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…Example only: NETEC provides this item for reference purposes but does not endorse its content. Newer versions may be in place at the providing institution.