Reusable Elastomeric Respirators in Health Care: Considerations for Routine and Surge Use

Source: National Academies Press (NAP). Published: 12/2018. This 212-page report explores the potential for the use of elastomeric respirators in the U.S. health care system with a focus on the economic, policy, and implementation challenges and opportunities. It examines the practicability of elastomeric use in health care on a routine basis and during an influenza pandemic or other large aerosol-transmissible outbreak, when demand for respiratory protective devices by U.S. health care personnel may be larger than domestic supplies. It also addresses the issues regarding emergency stockpile management of elastomeric respiratory protective devices. (Text)
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