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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456559303321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : National Academies Press, 2011

ISBN

1-283-13499-3

9786613134998

0-309-16255-6

Edizione

[2010th ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (199 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LarsonElaine

LivermanCatharyn T

Disciplina

614.518

Soggetti

Influenza viruses - Prevention

Epidemics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""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""