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The Lone Ranger Rides Again, This Time Followed by a Federal Posse

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Sue Crow
Sue Crow*
Affiliation:
Louisiana State University and Medical Center Hospital, Shreveport, Louisiana
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Louisiana State University and Medical Center Hospital, PO Box 33932, Shreveport, LA 71130
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Abstract

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention proposed guidelines regarding the high-efficiency particulate air-filtered respirator have raised many questions that the healthcare worker has found difficult to answer. This product commentary addresses questions related to material that the respiratory protection program should include; provides information related to the physical exam before the use of the respirator; and explains the types of respirators. Cost issues also are discussed.

Type
Product Commentary
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 15 , Issue 10 , October 1994 , pp. 673 - 676
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1994

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