Preventing Transmission of Pandemic Influenza and Other Viral Respiratory Diseases

Personal Protective Equipment for Healthcare Personnel: Update 2010

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

Elaine Larson, Catharyn T. Liverman (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

200 Seiten

2011
National Academies Press (Verlag)
978-0-309-16254-8 (ISBN)

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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.

1 Front Matter; 2 Summary; 3 1 Introduction; 4 2 Understanding the Risk to Healthcare Personnel; 5 3 Designing and Engineering Effective PPE; 6 4 Using PPE: Individual and Organizational Issues; 7 5 Policy Research and Implementation: Healthcare Systems, Standards, and Certification; 8 Appendix A: Workshop Agenda; 9 Appendix B: Participants List; 10 Appendix C: Studies of the Clinical Effectiveness of Personal Protective Equipment During Outbreaks of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome and Respiratory Syncytial Virus; 11 Appendix D: Examples of Relevant Voluntary Consensus Standards; 12 Appendix E: Committee Biographies

Zusatzinfo	Illustrations
Verlagsort	Washington
Sprache	englisch
Maße	216 x 280 mm
Themenwelt	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Pneumologie
Themenwelt	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung
ISBN-10	0-309-16254-8 / 0309162548
ISBN-13	978-0-309-16254-8 / 9780309162548
Zustand	Neuware