Preparing for an influenza pandemic
Subtitle: personal protective equipment for healthcare workers
By: Committee on Personal Protective Equipment for Healthcare Workers During an Influenza Pandemic ; Board on Health Sciences Policy, Institute of Medicine ; Lewis R. Goldfrank and Catharyn T. Liverman, editors ; Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
Contributors: Goldfrank, Lewis R., 1941-; Liverman, Catharyn T; Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on Health Sciences Policy; National Academies Press (U.S.)
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9780309110464
Subjects: Influenza -- Epidemiology; Epidemics -- Prevention; Emergency management -- United States -- Safety measures; Emergency medical personnel -- United States -- Safety measures; Protective clothing; Industrial safety -- Equipment and supplies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: - Understanding the risk of influenza to healthcare workers; title: - Designing and engineering effective PPE; title: - Using PPE: individual and institutional issues; title: - Certifying and regulating healthcare PPE: defining an integrated system; title: - Moving forward with urgency