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Pandemic influenza preparedness and response guidance for healthcare workers and healthcare employers.
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- Government document
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Influenza--Treatment--United States--Planning.
- Influenza.
- Epidemics--United States--Prevention--Planning.
- Epidemics.
- Emergency management--United States.
- Emergency management.
- Medical personnel.
- disaster planning.
- United States.
- Influenza, Human--prevention & control.
- Disease Outbreaks--prevention & control.
- Disaster Planning.
- Health Personnel.
- Infection Control.
- Occupational Exposure--prevention & control.
- Medical Subjects:
- Influenza, Human--prevention & control.
- Disease Outbreaks--prevention & control.
- Disaster Planning.
- Health Personnel.
- Infection Control.
- Occupational Exposure--prevention & control.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (99 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- [Washington, D.C.] : Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Dept. of Labor, 2007.
- Summary:
- The goal of this document is to help healthcare workers and employers prepare for and respond to an influenza pandemic. The guidance document is organized into four major sections: clinical background information on influenza, infection control, pandemic influenza preparedness, OSHA standards of special importance.
- Contents:
- Influenza: Clinical Background Information
- Clinical presentation of influenza
- Diagnosis
- Modes of transmission
- Treatment and prevention
- Infection Control
- Standard precautions and transmission-based precautions
- Compliance with infection control
- Facility design, engineering, and environmental controls
- Administrative controls
- Healthcare worker vaccination
- Antiviral medication for prophylaxis and treatment in healthcare workers
- Occupational medicine services
- Personal protective equipment
- Work practices
- Pandemic Influenza Preparedness
- Healthcare facility responsibilities during pandemic alert periods
- Incorporating pandemic plans into disaster plans
- Stockpiles of essential resources
- OSHA Standards of Special Importance.
- Notes:
- Title from PDF title page (viewed June 20, 2008).
- "OSHA 3328-05 2007."
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified]: HathiTrust Digital Library. 2024.
- Other Format:
- Pandemic influenza preparedness and response guidance for healthcare workers and healthcare employers
- OCLC:
- 133466074
- Access Restriction:
- Use copy Restrictions unspecified
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