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Respirator or Surgical Mask Confusion or Why Healthcare Providers Need Occupational Health Training

admin — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:00:20 +0000

A surgical mask is not a respirator and that’s an important distinction for physicians and all healthcare workers to understand. Unfortunately many healthcare employers and Infection Preventionist do not understand this important fact. Several reports from the US Institute of Medicine (IOM) over the past few years have address this and related issues. For the details of this debate, go to the 2009 IOM report at http://www.iom.edu/~/media/Files/Report%20Files/2009/RespProtH1N1/H1N1%20report%20brief%20FINAL%20for%20web.ashx . It is important that healthcare employers and workers understand the significant differences between these two types of personal protective equipment. The decision whether or not to require workers to use either surgical masks or respirators must be based upon a hazard analysis of the workers’ specific work environments and the different protective properties of each type of personal protective equipment. Respirators are designed to reduce a worker’s exposure to airborne contaminants. Respirators come in various sizes and must be individually selected to fit the wearer’s face and to provide a tight seal. A proper seal between the user’s face and the respirator forces inhaled air to be pulled through the respirator’s filter material and not through gaps between the face and respirator. Surgical masks are used as a physical barrier to protect the user from hazards, such as splashes of large droplets of blood or body fluids. Surgical masks also protect other people against infection from the person wearing the surgical mask. Such masks trap large particles of body fluids that may contain bacteria or viruses expelled by the wearer. Surgical masks are not designed or certified to prevent the inhalation of small airborne contaminants. An OSHA video describing the differences is found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovSLAuY8ib8 . All workers have a right to a safe and healthful workplace. Whenever respiratory protection is required to be worn to protect from hazardous airborne contaminants, the employer is responsible for implementing a comprehensive respiratory protection program and providing an appropriate respirator, in accordance with OSHAs respiratory protection standard, 29 CFR 1910.134. This program must include training, medical evaluation, and fit testing. When workers must wear a respirator to protect against airborne contaminants in the workplace, it is very important to follow proper procedures for putting it on and taking it off. For more on this important issues for healthcare, go to the OSHA factsheet, Respiratory Infection Control:Respirators Versus Surgical Masks at https://www.osha.gov/Publications/respirators-vs-surgicalmasks-factsheet.html . This is clipped from the 2000 video Biological Warfare and Terrorism: The Military and Public Health Response produced by the Department of the Army and the Food and Drug Administration. The entire video has been digitized by the nonprofit Public.Resource.Org (http://public.resource.org/index.html ) in a cooperative agreement with the National Technical Information (http://public.resource.org/ntis.gov/index.html ) and is available at the Internet Archive at www.archive.com .

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CNN- IBN Army’s secret India still has chemical weapons-God save the indian people

admin — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:37:03 +0000

wow great our army has chemical weapons but dangerous part is its more likely that these weapons will be used against sikhs in punjab muslim in kashmir and in manipur and tamil nadu our army having chemical weapons is as dangerous as a jungli pagal having a knife in his hands may Lord save us from these insane people who are against human beings and humanity for them science and technology is yet another way of destroying other religions and communities

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Strengthening the Biological Weapons Convention

admin — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:40:08 +0000

Unlike the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and the chemical weapons Convention, the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) has no mechanism to ensure compliance and verification.

Given the dramatic advances in the life sciences over the past decade, the international community urgently needs to discuss strengthening the BWC.

Join the New America Foundation and Global Green USA as Piers Millett, one of the three experts from the BWC Implementation Support Union in Geneva, and Paul Walker, president of Global Green USA, discuss how best to combat bioterrorism and the spread of bioweapons.

Duration : 1:26:21

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Weapons of Mass Destruction

admin — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:40:00 +0000

Space Satellite Manipulation from the UK Hindi Pakistani Claiming Creatorship of ALL LIFE ON EARTH, Galaxy, Universe.

TERRORISM.

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Israel is using chemical weapons on Gaza

admin — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 17:24:01 +0000

Human rights groups say Israel is indiscriminately using white phosphorus in Gaza’s densely populated areas.

When ignited, the chemical can burn the flesh off of a person, down to the bone.

Israel says the use of white phosphorus is permitted under international law, although it hasn’t openly admitted using the chemical.

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Swine Flu: Update for Virginia & the United States — 5.1.09

admin — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:38:11 +0000

(5.1.09) — Local news coverage from Virginia discussing both the scene in the state and national developments, including the diverting of a plane bound for Germany to Boston because a woman complained of flu-like symptoms during the flight.

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Swine Flu Fears Reach Northern California Town of Fair Oaks — 4.27.09

admin — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:16:16 +0000

(4.27.09) — Suspected case of the dangerous swine flu virus in Northern California’s St. Mel School.

The elementary school has been shut down while health officials investigate.

Video courtesy of KCRA NBC 3 in Sacramento, California. Visit them here:
http://www.kcra.com/index.html

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Houston, Texas Swine Flu Death Discussed: First United States of America Fatality — 4.29.09

admin — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:46:02 +0000

(4.29.09) — Doctors talk about the tragic death of a child from the disease.

The child became the first USA fatality from the swine flu outbreak.

Daily update 4/26/09 – Deadly Swine Flu Epidemic Hits United States Hard While Barrack Obama Golfs!

admin — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:04:32 +0000

Deadly Swine Flu Epidemic Hits United States Hard While Barrack Obama Golfs!

Check out these links:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,517998,00.html

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N26489254.htm

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20090426/twl-swine-flu-could-become-more-dangerou-3fd0ae9.html

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090426/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_golf

http://lite.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N26491120.htm

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N26491115.htm

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First USA Swine Flu Death & Number of States Affected Update — 4.29.09

admin — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:45:13 +0000

(4.29.09) — Update: Maine has also confirmed at least 3 cases of swine flu, making the total states with confirmed cases 11.

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