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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: Sandrock, Christian E.
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2008-01
Description: Febrile respiratory illnesses with respiratory failure are one of the most common reasons for admission to the intensive care unit. -
Creator: Cowling, B. J., Y. Zhou, D. K. M. Ip, G. M. Leung, and A. E. Aiello.
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2010-04
Description: Influenza viruses circulate around the world every year. From time to time new strains emerge and cause global pandemics. -
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: Noti, John D., Francoise M. Blachere, Cynthia M. McMillen, William G. Lindsley, Michael L. Kashon, Denzil R. Slaughter, and Donald H. Beezhold.
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2013
Description: The role of relative humidity in the aerosol transmission of influenza was examined in a simulated examination room containing coughing and breathing manikins. -
Creator: Chughtai, Abrar Ahmad, Holly Seale, and Chandini Raina MacIntyre.
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2013-05-31
Description: Currently there is an ongoing debate and limited evidence on the use of masks and respirators for the prevention of respiratory infections in health care workers (HCWs). -
Creator: Zayas, Gustavo, Ming C. Chiang, Eric Wong, Fred MacDonald, Carlos F. Lange, Ambikaipakan Senthilselvan, and Malcolm King.
Subject: Research
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2013-09-08
Description: The effectiveness of recommended measures, such as "cover your mouth when coughing", in disrupting the chain of transmission of infectious respiratory diseases (IRD) has been questioned. -
Creator: Coia, J. E., L. Ritchie, A. Adisesh, C. Makison Booth, C. Bradley, D. Bunyan, G. Carson, C. Fry, P. Hoffman, D. Jenkins, N. Phin, B. Taylor, J. S. Nguyen-Van-Tam, and M. Zuckerman.
Subject: Infection Control
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2013-11
Description: Infectious micro-organisms may be transmitted by a variety of routes, and some may be spread by more than one route.