The Use and Effectiveness of Powered Air Purifying Respirators in Health Care: Workshop Summary (2015)
Chapter: Front Matter
The Use and Effectiveness of
Powered Air Purifying
RESPIRATORS
in Health Care
WORKSHOP SUMMARY
Catharyn T. Liverman, Sarah B. Domnitz, and
Margaret A. McCoy, Rapporteurs
Board on Health Sciences Policy
INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE
OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
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NOTICE: The workshop that is the subject of this workshop summary was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine.
This project was supported by Award #10002141 between the National Academy of Sciences and the United States Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The views presented in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the organizations or agencies that provided support for this project.
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PLANNING COMMITTEE1
JAMES S. JOHNSON (Chair), Consultant, JSJ and Associates
LINDA HAWES CLEVER, Senior Physician, California Pacific Medical Center
BARBARA DEBAUN, Improvement Adviser, Cynosure Health
MELISSA MCDIARMID, Professor of Medicine and Director, Occupational Health Program, University of Maryland School of Medicine
CECILE S. ROSE, Professor, Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health, University of Colorado, Denver
DANIEL K. SHIPP, President, International Safety Equipment Association
IOM Staff
CATHARYN T. LIVERMAN, Program Director
MARGARET A. MCCOY, Senior Program Officer
SARAH DOMNITZ, Program Officer
CLAIRE GIAMMARIA, Research Associate
JUDY ESTEP, Program Associate
ANDREW M. POPE, Director, Board on Health Sciences Policy
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1Institute of Medicine planning committees are solely responsible for organizing the workshop, identifying topics, and choosing speakers. The responsibility for the published workshop summary rests with the workshop rapporteurs and the institution.
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Reviewers
This workshop summary has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the National Research Council’s Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making its published workshop summary as sound as possible and to ensure that the workshop summary meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the process. We wish to thank the following individuals for their review of this workshop summary:
LISA M. BROSSEAU, University of Illinois at Chicago
JAMES CHANG, University of Maryland Medical Center
CRAIG COLTON, 3M
BILL KOJOLA, Industrial Hygienist
MELISSA MCDIARMID, University of Maryland School of Medicine
KNUT RINGEN, Independent Consultant
Although reviewers listed above have provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they did not see the final draft of the summary before its release. The review of this workshop summary was overseen by LEWIS R. GOLDFRANK, New York University School of Medicine; Bellevue Hospital Center and New York University Hospitals; and New York City Poison Center. Appointed by the Institute of Medicine, he was responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this
summary was carried out in accordance with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content of this workshop summary rests entirely with the rapporteurs and the institution.
