Reusability of Facemasks During an Influenza Pandemic: Facing the Flu

Description

Pandemic influenza is a serious threat for which public health emergency preparations are in high gear. Although the time at which a pandemic might arrive is unknown, most public health officials hold the opinion that the world is overdue for such an event. Measures to decrease person-to-person contact, improve treatment, and provide vaccine or antiviral drug prophylaxis are all important strategies to mitigate the impact of a pandemic. Even though the use of respirators and medical masks provides a secondary nonpharmacological means of preventing or slowing influenza transmission, such measures are widely considered an intervention of last resort. This report addresses the reuse of respirators and medical masks as a means of preventing or slowing influenza transmission during a pandemic should there be an insufficient supply of new respirators and masks available to those who need them.
Medical masks are unfitted devices worn by an infected person, healthcare worker, or member of the public to reduce transfer of potentially infectious body fluids between individuals. Medical masks are designed to be disposable. In contrast, a respirator is a fitted device that protects the wearer against inhalation of harmful contamination, that is, it protects the wearerfrom others who are or might be infected. Properly fitted respirators provide better protection against airborne transmission of infection than do medical masks. Respirators can be disposable or reusable. The less expensive and more common respirators, called N95 filtering facepiece respirators are designed to be disposable.

Disclaimer:
Contents of this page are indexed from the Internet. All actions are under your responsability. Email us to report illegal contents or external links and we'll remove them immediately.

Please check the description for download links if any or do a search to find alternative books.

Can't Download?
Please search mirrors if you can't find download links for "Reusability of Facemasks During an Influenza Pandemic: Facing the Flu" in "Description" and someone else may update the links. Check the comments when back to find any updates.

Search Mirrors
Maybe some mirror pages will be helpful, search this book at top of this page or click here to find more info.

1. Ebooks list page : 3056
2. Vaccines for Pandemic Influenza
3. Pandemic Influenza, Preparation and Response
4. HHS Pandemic Influenza Plan (2005)
5. Pandemic Influenza: Emergency Planning and Community Preparedness
6. Combating the Threat of Pandemic Influenza: Drug Discovery Approaches
7. Combating the Threat of Pandemic Influenza: Drug Discovery Approaches
8. Combating the Threat of Pandemic Influenza: Drug Discovery Approaches
9. Combating the Threat of Pandemic Influenza: Drug Discovery Approaches
10. Guidance on Allocating and Targeting Pandemic Influenza Vaccine (2008)
11. Guidance on Allocating and Targeting Pandemic Influenza Vaccine (2008)
12. Pandemic Influenza Guidance for Homecare Providers (April, 2009)
13. Preparing For A Pandemic Influenza, A Primer For Governors And Senior State Officials
14. Antivirals for Pandemic Influenza: Guidance on Developing a Distribution and Dispensing Program (2008)
15. Pandemic Flu Action Kit for Schools
16. Influenza Report 2006