Respiratory Protection For Healthcare Workers In The Workplace Against Novel H1n1 Influenza A A Letter Report

Author : Committee on Respiratory Protection for Healthcare Workers in the Workplace Against Novel H1N1 Influenza A,Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2009-09-03
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309144605

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Respiratory Protection for Healthcare Workers in the Workplace Against Novel H1N1 Influenza A by Committee on Respiratory Protection for Healthcare Workers in the Workplace Against Novel H1N1 Influenza A,Institute of Medicine Pdf

In the event that the H1N1 virus creates a surge of patients during the upcoming flu season, it will be critical to protect health care workers from infection, given their central role in treating sick people and lessening the pandemic's overall impact. This new report from the Institute of Medicine recommends strategies for health care organizations and employees to prepare for the H1N1 virus. These recommendations include wearing fitted N95 respirators to guard against respiratory infection by the virus, and establishing policies for innovative triage processes, handwashing, disinfection, and more. The report also calls for a boost in research to answer questions about how the flu viruses can be spread, and to design and develop better protective equipment that would enhance workers' comfort, safety, and ability to do their jobs.

Author : Catharyn T. Liverman
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780309144278

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Respiratory Protection for Healthcare Workers in the Workplace Against Novel H1N1 Influenza A: A Letter Report by Catharyn T. Liverman Pdf

Author : Tracy A. Harris Catharyn T. Liverman (M. E. Bonnie Rogers)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:817896806

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Respiratory Protection for Healthcare Workers in the Workplace Against Novel H1N1 Influenza A by Tracy A. Harris Catharyn T. Liverman (M. E. Bonnie Rogers) Pdf

Author : Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Committee on the Respiratory Protection Curriculum for Occupational Health Nursing Programs
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2011-11-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309215480

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Occupational Health Nurses and Respiratory Protection by Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Committee on the Respiratory Protection Curriculum for Occupational Health Nursing Programs Pdf

Occupational health nurses (OHNs) are front-line advocates for preventing illness and injury and protecting health in a variety of workplace settings, including the areas of agriculture, construction, health care, manufacturing, and public safety. OHNs need education and training in respiratory protection in order to ensure both their safety and the safety of America's workers. At the request of the National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) examined existing respiratory protection curricula and made recommendations to improve education and training in respiratory protection for OHNs. The IOM finds that current respiratory protection education receives varying amounts of dedicated time and resources and is taught using a variety of approaches. Several recommendations are made to improve the respiratory protection education and training of OHNs.

Author : Bernice Steinhardt
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 67 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781437988314

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Influenza Pandemic by Bernice Steinhardt Pdf

The 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic was the first human pandemic in over four decades; the CDC estimates that there were 89 million U.S. cases. Over $6 billion was available for the response, led by the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Homeland Security, with coordination provide by the Homeland Security Council through its National Security Staff. In particular, CDC worked with states and localities to communicate with the public and to distribute H1N1 vaccine and supplies. This report examines: (1) how CDC used the funding; (2) the key issues raised by the federal response; and (3) the actions taken to identify and incorporate lessons learned. Charts and tables. This is a print on demand report.

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2011-10-12
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309215367

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Informing the Future by Institute of Medicine Pdf

This report illustrates the work of IOM committees in selected, major areas in recent years, followed by a description of IOM's convening and collaborative activities and fellowship programs. The last section provides a comprehensive bibliography of IOM reports published since 2007.

Author : Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Committee on Personal Protective Equipment for Healthcare Personnel to Prevent Transmission of Pandemic Influenza and Other Viral Respiratory Infections: Current Research Issues
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011-05-26
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309162548

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Preventing Transmission of Pandemic Influenza and Other Viral Respiratory Diseases by Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Committee on Personal Protective Equipment for Healthcare Personnel to Prevent Transmission of Pandemic Influenza and Other Viral Respiratory Infections: Current Research Issues Pdf

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.

Author : Holly Morris,Richard Murray
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-22
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781000514285

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Medical Textiles by Holly Morris,Richard Murray Pdf

This textbook aims to ensure that advances in medical textiles are addressed and that recent developments are able to be appreciated and understood not only by medical practitioners and healthcare personnel but also by textile scientists and technologists. The idea is to stimulate collaborative research and development in the field of medical textiles and to equip researchers with an understanding of the steps they need to take to ensure that their efforts, be they to develop new devices for implantation or items for external application, are carried out in such a way as to improve their effectiveness and enhance the prospects for their implementation. Attention is drawn to the need to improve outcomes in the practical setting and to guidance on the detailed planning required prior to engaging in experimental work. Standard tests can help researchers to monitor performance, but for some important applications such as those required to demonstrate antimicrobial and fluid-repellent performance in most items of protective wear, standard tests consistently fall seriously short in terms of predicting how well they might work in the practical setting. Guidance is therefore given for their further development. Chapters within the textbook cover: The history of innovation within medical textiles with particular attention given to key concepts of the latter part of the 19th Century and subsequent associated developments. Textile and polymer science underpinning fibres, fabrics, nano-fibre technology and the functional finishes that can be applied to enhance the performance of medical textile products. Woven, knitted, nonwoven and braided fabrics and the key performance characteristics of each fabric type which make them particularly suited to specific medical textile roles such as mesh, grafts, filtration and scaffolds for tissue engineering. Implantable medical textiles, non-implantable medical textiles, health and hygiene products and extracorporeal devices that use textile products. Legislative requirements for medical devices. The design of experiments and suitability for purpose of textile test methods. Case studies to illustrate how medical textiles are applied in practice. The book provides essential reading for textile professionals, biomedical engineers, and others involved in the research, design and engineering of medical and healthcare appliances, and for those employed in the medical profession wishing to gain new insights into the wealth of materials at their disposal.

Author : David Weber,Tom Talbot
Publisher : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Page : 1787 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-27
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781975124595

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Mayhall’s Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Prevention by David Weber,Tom Talbot Pdf

The fifth edition of Mayhall’s Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Prevention has a new streamlined focus, with new editors and contributors, a new two-color format, and a new title. Continuing the legacy of excellence established by Dr. C. Glen Mayhall, this thoroughly revised text covers all aspects of healthcare-associated infections and their prevention and remains the most comprehensive reference available in this complex field. It examines every type of healthcare-associated (nosocomial) infection and addresses every issue relating to surveillance, prevention, and control of these infections in patients and in healthcare personnel, providing unparalleled coverage for hospital epidemiologists and infectious disease specialists.

Author : William Charney
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2012-02-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781420089301

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Epidemic of Medical Errors and Hospital-Acquired Infections by William Charney Pdf

Medical error as defined in Epidemic of Medical Errors and Hospital-Acquired Infections: Systemic and Social Causes encompasses many categories including, but not limited to, medical error, hospital-acquired infections, medication errors, deaths from misdiagnosis, deaths from infectious diarrhea in nursing homes, surgical and post-operative complic

Author : Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Committee on Guidance for Establishing Standards of Care for Use in Disaster Situations
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2009-09-23
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309145480

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Guidance for Establishing Crisis Standards of Care for Use in Disaster Situations by Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Committee on Guidance for Establishing Standards of Care for Use in Disaster Situations Pdf

The influenza pandemic caused by the 2009 H1N1 virus underscores the immediate and critical need to prepare for a public health emergency in which thousands, tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of people suddenly seek and require medical care in communities across the United States. Guidance for Establishing Crisis Standards of Care for Use in Disaster Situations draws from a broad spectrum of expertise-including state and local public health, emergency medicine and response, primary care, nursing, palliative care, ethics, the law, behavioral health, and risk communication-to offer guidance toward establishing standards of care that should apply to disaster situations, both naturally occurring and man-made, under conditions in which resources are scarce. This book explores two case studies that illustrate the application of the guidance and principles laid out in the report. One scenario focuses on a gradual-onset pandemic flu. The other scenario focuses on an earthquake and the particular issues that would arise during a no-notice event. Outlining current concepts and offering guidance, this book will prove an asset to state and local public health officials, health care facilities, and professionals in the development of systematic and comprehensive policies and protocols for standards of care in disasters when resources are scarce. In addition, the extensive operations section of the book provides guidance to clinicians, health care institutions, and state and local public health officials for how crisis standards of care should be implemented in a disaster situation.

Author : Keith S. Kaye
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03-16
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781455709342

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Infection Prevention and Control in the Hospital, An Issue of Infectious Disease Clinics - E-Book by Keith S. Kaye Pdf

Over the past several decades, “infection control has become a rapidly growing multidisciplinary field of incredible importance with regard to the safety of patients and healthcare workers, regulation and accreditation of healthcare facilities, and finances. The focus of this field has increasingly turned to prevention rather than control of hospital-acquired infections. This issue will bring the infectious disease specialist up to date on important topics such as hand hygiene, sterilization, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, antibiotic stewardship, and specific infections of particular concern.

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Health and Medicine Division,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Committee on the Use of Elastomeric Respirators in Health Care
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2019-04-15
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309485159

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Reusable Elastomeric Respirators in Health Care by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Health and Medicine Division,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Committee on the Use of Elastomeric Respirators in Health Care Pdf

Protecting the health and safety of health care workers is vital to the health of each of us. Preparing for and responding to a future influenza pandemic or to a sustained outbreak of an airborne transmissible disease requires a high-level commitment to respiratory protection for health care workers across the wide range of settings in which they work and the jobs that they perform. Keeping health care workers healthy is an ethical commitment both in terms of addressing the occupational risks faced by health care workers and of providing for the continuity of patient care and services needed to maintain the health of individuals and communities. During a public health emergency, challenges will arise concerning the availability of respiratory protective devices (i.e., respirators). Reusable respirators (specifically, reusable half-facepiece elastomeric respirators) are the standard respiratory protection device used in many industries, and they provide an option for use in health care that has to date not been fully explored. The durability and reusability of elastomeric respirators make them desirable for stockpiling for emergencies, where the need for large volumes of respirators can be anticipated. However, they are used infrequently in health care. Reusable Elastomeric Respirators in Health Care explores the potential for the use of elastomeric respirators in the U.S. health care system with a focus on the economic, policy, and implementation challenges and opportunities. This report examines the practicability of elastomeric use in health care on a routine basis and during an influenza pandemic or other large aerosol-transmissible outbreak, when demand for respiratory protective devices by U.S. health care personnel may be larger than domestic supplies. The report also addresses the issues regarding emergency stockpile management of elastomeric respiratory protective devices.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35558005785684

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Journal of the American Medical Association by Anonim Pdf

Author : Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Committee on Personal Protective Equipment for Healthcare Workers During an Influenza Pandemic
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2007-12-28
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309110464

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Preparing for an Influenza Pandemic by Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Committee on Personal Protective Equipment for Healthcare Workers During an Influenza Pandemic Pdf

During an influenza pandemic, healthcare workers will be on the front lines delivering care to patients and preventing further spread of the disease. As the nation prepares for pandemic influenza, multiple avenues for protecting the health of the public are being carefully considered, ranging from rapid development of appropriate vaccines to quarantine plans should the need arise for their implementation. One vital aspect of pandemic influenza planning is the use of personal protective equipment (PPE)-the respirators, gowns, gloves, face shields, eye protection, and other equipment that will be used by healthcare workers and others in their day-to-day patient care responsibilities. However, efforts to appropriately protect healthcare workers from illness or from infecting their families and their patients are greatly hindered by the paucity of data on the transmission of influenza and the challenges associated with training and equipping healthcare workers with effective personal protective equipment. Due to this lack of knowledge on influenza transmission, it is not possible at the present time to definitively inform healthcare workers about what PPE is critical and what level of protection this equipment will provide in a pandemic. The outbreaks of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2003 have underscored the importance of protecting healthcare workers from infectious agents. The surge capacity that will be required to reduce mortality from a pandemic cannot be met if healthcare workers are themselves ill or are absent due to concerns about PPE efficacy. The IOM committee determined that there is an urgent need to address the lack of preparedness regarding effective PPE for use in an influenza pandemic. Preparing for an Influenza Pandemic : Personal Protective Equipment for Healthcare Workers identifies that require expeditious research and policy action: (1) Influenza transmission research should become an immediate and short-term research priority so that effective prevention and control strategies can be developed and refined. The current paucity of knowledge significantly hinders prevention efforts. (2) Employer and employee commitment to worker safety and appropriate use of PPE should be strengthened. Healthcare facilities should establish and promote a culture of safety. (3) An integrated effort is needed to understand the PPE requirements of the worker and to develop and utilize innovative materials and technologies to create the next generation of PPE capable of meeting these needs.