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Preventing transmission of pandemic influenza and other viral respiratory diseases [electronic resource] : personal protective equipment for healthcare workers. Update 2010 / Committee on Personal Protective Equipment for Healthcare Personnel to Prevent Transmission of Pandemic Influenza and Other Viral Respiratory Infections: Current Research Issues, Elaine L. Larson and Catharyn T. Liverman, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Influenza viruses--Prevention.
- Influenza viruses.
- Epidemics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (199 p.)
- Edition:
- 2010th ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : National Academies Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In 2009, the H1N1 influenza pandemic brought to the forefront the many unknowns about the virulence, spread, and nature of the virus, as well as questions regarding personal protective equipment (PPE) for healthcare personnel. In this book, the Institute of Medicine assesses the progress of PPE research and identifies future directions for PPE for healthcare personnel.
- Contents:
- ""Front Matter""; ""Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Acronyms and Abbreviations""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Understanding the Risk to Healthcare Personnel""; ""3 Designing and Engineering Effective PPE""; ""4 Using PPE: Individual and Organizational Issues""; ""5 Policy Research and Implementation: Healthcare Systems, Standards, and Certification""; ""Appendix A: Workshop Agenda""; ""Appendix B: Participants List""; ""Appendix C: Studies of the Clinical Effectiveness of Personal Protective Equipment During Outbreaks of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome and Respiratory Syncytial Virus""
- ""Appendix D: Examples of Relevant Voluntary Consensus Standards""""Appendix E: Committee Biographies""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9786613134998
- 9780309214292
- 0309214297
- 9781283134996
- 1283134993
- 9780309162555
- 0309162556
- OCLC:
- 726930571
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