Preventing Transmission of Pandemic Influenza and Other Viral Respiratory Diseases: Personal Protective Equipment for Healthcare Personnel: Update 201

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Preventing Transmission of Pandemic Influenza and Other Viral Respiratory Diseases: Personal Protective Equipment for Healthcare Personnel: Update 2010.
Editors

Institute of Medicine (US) Committee on Personal Protective Equipment for Healthcare Personnel to Prevent Transmission of Pandemic Influenza and Other Viral Respiratory Infections: Current Research Issues; Larson EL, Liverman CT, editors.
Source

Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2011.
Excerpt

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.

Copyright 2011 by the National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
Sections

THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
COMMITTEE ON PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT FOR HEALTHCARE PERSONNEL TO PREVENT TRANSMISSION OF PANDEMIC INFLUENZA AND OTHER VIRAL RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS: CURRENT RESEARCH ISSUES
Reviewers
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
A Workshop Agenda
B Participants List
C Studies of the Clinical Effectiveness of Personal Protective Equipment During Outbreaks of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome and Respiratory Syncytial Virus
D Examples of Relevant Voluntary Consensus Standards
E Committee Biographies

PMID:
24983058
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