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Record Nr.

UNINA9910961986803321

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

9786613134998

9780309214292

0309214297

9781283134996

1283134993

9780309162555

0309162556

Edizione

[2010th ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (199 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LarsonElaine

LivermanCatharyn T

Disciplina

614.518

Soggetti

Influenza viruses - Prevention

Epidemics

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""

Sommario/riassunto

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.