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Respirators : your TB defense ; TB respiratory protection : administrator's review.

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Video
Contributor:
Diether, John W.
Wheeler, Roger L.
Swit, Loretta
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis--Transmission--Prevention.
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.
Tuberculosis--Transmission--Prevention.
Tuberculosis.
Respirators (Medical equipment).
Nosocomial infections--Prevention.
Nosocomial infections.
Medical personnel--Health and hygiene.
Medical personnel.
Ventilators, Mechanical.
Medical Subjects:
Ventilators, Mechanical.
Genre:
Educational films
Internet videos
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Physical Description:
1 online resource
Other Title:
TB respiratory protection : administrator's review
Tuberculosis respiratory protection
Place of Publication:
[Atlanta, Ga.] : NIOSH, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, [2000-2002]
Summary:
The first program covers the emergence of MDR TB (multidrug resistant tuberculosis) between 1985 and 1992 that resulted from some TB bacteria's resistance to once-effective antibiotics. Covers transmission and prevention methods, with emphasis upon respirators, their types, how they work, and their certification status. The second program presents an 8 step process to administrators to implement the OSHA respiratory protection standard.
Participant:
Hosted (program 2) and narrated (programs 1 and 2) by: Loretta Swit.
Credits:
Written and produced by: John W. Diether ; technical director : Roger L. Wheeler.
Notes:
Video files for Program #1 available in both streaming (16 min., 6 sec., RM file, sd., col. with b & w sequences) and downloadable (33 MB, 16 min., 7 sec., Flash file, sd., col. with b & w sequences) formats. Streaming RM files available in low (56 kbps via dial-up) and high (300 kbps via broadband) resolutions.
Video files for Program #2 available in both streaming (24 min., 35 sec., RM file, sd., col. with b & w sequences) and downloadable (80 MB, 24 min., 17 sec., Flash file, sd., col. with b & w sequences) formats. Streaming RM files available in low (56 kbps via dial-up) and high (300 kbps via broadband) resolutions.
Title from title frame.
Also called "Program #1" and "Program #2" on video home page.
"2000"--Program 1, closing credits frame.
"2001"--Program 2, closing credits frame.
"2002"--Video home page.
"Audience: Health care workers, respirator program administrators, infection control specialists"--Video home page.
"NIOSH Pub. No.: 2002-114d"--Video home page.
Other Format:
DVD version: Respirators
VHS version: Respirators
OCLC:
768445143

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