Strategies for Optimizing the Supply of N95 Filtering Facepiece Respirators During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic
| Autor: | Lisa J. Delaney, David T. Kuhar, Maryann D'Alessandro, Anita Patel, Lewis J. Radonovich, Chad H. Dowell, Satish K. Pillai, Neil Gupta, Marie A. de Perio |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
surge capacity Pneumonia Viral emergency preparedness pandemics Occupational safety and health Concepts in Disaster Medicine 03 medical and health sciences Betacoronavirus 0302 clinical medicine Health care Pandemic medicine Infection control Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Personal protective equipment 0303 health sciences Surge Capacity 030306 microbiology business.industry SARS-CoV-2 Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health COVID-19 Hierarchy of hazard control medicine.disease infection control Coronavirus occupational health Business Medical emergency Coronavirus Infections |
| Zdroj: | Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness |
| ISSN: | 1938-744X 1935-7893 |
| Popis: | N95 respirators are personal protective equipment most often used to control exposures to infections transmitted via the airborne route. Supplies of N95 respirators can become depleted during pandemics or when otherwise in high demand. In this paper, we offer strategies for optimizing supplies of N95 respirators in health care settings while maximizing the level of protection offered to health care personnel when there is limited supply in the United States during the 2019 coronavirus disease pandemic. The strategies are intended for use by professionals who manage respiratory protection programs, occupational health services, and infection prevention programs in health care facilities to protect health care personnel from job-related risks of exposure to infectious respiratory illnesses. Consultation with federal, state, and local public health officials is also important. We use the framework of surge capacity and the occupational health and safety hierarchy of controls approach to discuss specific engineering control, administrative control, and personal protective equipment measures that may help in optimizing N95 respirator supplies. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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