Comparison
- PAPR v. N95
Fit Testing
N95 Mask Issues
Comparison
- PAPR v. N95:
Masking the flu: Preparing for a pandemic,
Health Purchasing News, October 2009
http://www.hpnonline.com/inside/2009-10/0910-IC-Masks.html
How to Evaluate Respirators, Infection Control
Today, 01/29/2009
http://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/articles/how-to-evaluate-respirators.html
A PAPRs Program Replaces Annual N-95 Fit Testing – The Best Decision for Our Facility, AOHP Journal Spring 2008, Kathy Moss, RN CPHO, CPUR
Powered Air Purifying Respirator (PAPR),
Minnesota Department of Health.
http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/idepc/dtopics/infectioncontrol/ppe/comp/papr.html
How Best to Protect Healthcare Workers from
Airborne Pathogens, Infection Control Today Magazine 10/13/2008
http://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/articles/protecting-from-airborne-pathogens.html
PAPRs v. N-95s: A breakdown of two top TB
respirators, hcPRO Vol. 3 No. 7 July 2005
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Annual Respirator Fit Testing Enforcement Has
Resumed, Occupational Health & Safety, Apr 17, 2008
http://ohsonline.com/Articles/2008/04/Annual-Respirator-Fit-Testing-Enforcement-Has-Resumed.aspx
http://spewingforth.blogspot.com/2005/04/rep-wickercontinues-war-on-health.html
http://rnaction.org/politicalpower/alert-description.tcl?
alert_id=10020421
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Debate Over Respiratory Protection for Healthcare Workers Continues Kelly M. Pyrek Infection Control Today, 12/16/2009 http://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/articles/respiratory-protection-debate,p2.html
Unmasking the coverup:surgical mask or respirator?, Healthcare Purchasing News October 2008, Susan Cantrell, ELS http://haiwatch.com/data/upload/Press/Unmasking%20the%20coverup.pdf
Respirator Tolerance in Health Care Workers, JAMA Vol 301 No.1, January 7, 2009