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This consensus study will explore the logistical, economic, and policy challenges and opportunities regarding the use of half-mask elastomeric respirators by health care workers. This study will also focus on issues regarding personnel proficiency, proper use, and acceptance of elastomeric respirators in the U.S. healthcare system, as well as the practicability of elastomeric use in healthcare on a routine basis and during an influenza pandemic or other large aerosol-transmissible outbreak.
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Reusable Elastomeric Respirators in Health Care: Considerations for Routine and Surge Use
Consensus Study Report
·2019
Protecting the health and safety of health care workers is vital to the health of each of us. Preparing for and responding to a future influenza pandemic or to a sustained outbreak of an airborne transmissible disease requires a high-level commitment to respiratory protection for health care workers...
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