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. 2018 Mar;46(3):350-352.
doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2017.09.002. Epub 2017 Oct 24.

Evaluation of 9 health care organizations' respiratory protection programs and respiratory protective device practices: Implications for adoption of elastomerics

Linda Morris Brown  1 , Bonnie Rogers  2 , Kathleen Buckheit  2 , John Pat Curran  3
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Evaluation of 9 health care organizations' respiratory protection programs and respiratory protective device practices: Implications for adoption of elastomerics

Linda Morris Brown et al. Am J Infect Control. 2018 Mar.

Abstract

Interview, observational, and discussion group data at 9 health care organizations (HCOs) were collected to better understand elastomeric half-facepiece respirators' (EHFRs) use. We found that HCOs do not routinely use EHFRs as a respiratory protection device (RPD) for health care workers; compliance with other respirator types was less than expected. This finding has important training implications for proper use of all RPDs and EHFRs as an alternative RPD stockpiled for use during a respiratory infectious outbreak.

Keywords: N95 filtering facepiece respirators; Respirator use; elastomeric half-facepiece respirators; health care workers; powered air-purifying respirators; respiratory protection program.

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