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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: Lisa Casanova, Edie Alfano-Sobsey, William A. Rutala, David J. Weber, and Mark Sobsey.
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2008-08
Description: We evaluated a personal protective equipment removal protocol designed to minimize wearer contamination with pathogens. -
Creator: Lindsley, William G., Francoise M. Blachere, Kristina A. Davis, Terri A. Pearce, Melanie A. Fisher, Rashida Khakoo, Stephen M. Davis, Mark E. Rogers, Robert E. Thewlis, Jose A. Posada, John B. Redrow, Ismail B. Celik, Bean T. Chen, and Donald H.…
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2010-03-01
Description: Considerable controversy exists with regard to whether influenza virus and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are spread by the inhalation of infectious airborne particles and about the importance of this route, compared with droplet or contact… -
Creator: Raboud, Janet, Altynay Shigayeva, Allison McGeer, Erika Bontovics, Martin Chapman, Denise Gravel, Bonnie Henry, Stephen Lapinsky, Mark Loeb, L. Clifford McDonald, Marianna Ofner, Shirley Paton, Donna Reynolds, Damon Scales, Sandy Shen, Andrew Simor,…
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2010-05-19
Description: In the 2003 Toronto SARS outbreak, SARS-CoV was transmitted in hospitals despite adherence to infection control 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: Lindsley, William G., William P. King, Robert E. Thewlis, Jeffrey S. Reynolds, Kedar Panday, Gang Cao, and Jonathan V. Szalajda.
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2012
Description: Few studies have quantified the dispersion of potentially infectious bioaerosols produced by patients in the health care environment and the exposure of health care workers to these particles. -
Creator: Lindsley, William G., Terri A. Pearce, Judith B. Hudnall, Kristina A. Davis, Stephen M. Davis, Melanie A. Fisher, Rashida Khakoo, Jan E. Palmer, Karen E. Clark, Ismail Celik, Christopher C. Coffey, Francoise M. Blachere, and Donald H. Beezhold.
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2012
Description: The question of whether influenza is transmitted to a significant degree by aerosols remains controversial, in part, because little is known about the quantity and size of potentially infectious airborne particles produced by people with influenza. -
Creator: Noti, John D., William G. Lindsley, Francoise M. Blachere, Gang Cao, Michael L. Kashon, Robert E. Thewlis, Cynthia M. McMillen, William P. King, Jonathan V. Szalajda, and Donald H. Beezhold.
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2012-06
Description: The potential for aerosol transmission of infectious influenza virus (ie, in healthcare facilities) is controversial. We constructed a simulated patient examination room that contained coughing and breathing manikins to determine whether coughed… -
Creator: Lindsley, William G., Jeffrey S. Reynolds, Jonathan V. Szalajda, John D. Noti, and Donald H. Beezhold.
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2013
Description: Aerosol particles expelled during human coughs are a potential pathway for infectious disease transmission. However, the importance of airborne transmission is unclear for many diseases.
