Objective
- Utilize the Vanderbilt Occupational Health Information System (VOHIS) to gather data related to PPE: selection, usage, supply, ordering, defects, fitting, safety programs and implementation that protect HCW.
- Determine what specific activities and resources are utilized by the hospital systems in these hazard prevention programs (HPP).
- Evaluate the quality and effectiveness of PPE in HPP.
- Use system to demonstrate and report best practices of PPE in HPP.
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- OSHA 29 CFR 1910.134
- NIOSH 42 CFR 84
- Vanderbilt University Hospital Systems
- CDPH
- Healthcare workers
- First Receivers
- Manufacturers
- Hospitals Infection Control and Safety Officers
- AIHA
- OSHA
- ISEA
- ASTM
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Project Scope
- Identify, describe, and evaluate PPE compliance surveillance systems currently in use in a medical center setting to track activities, resources and outcomes related to PPE used for airborne respiratory events. Develop a PPE usage surveillance system for the US healthcare workers.
Milestones
- 1Q - Document and Describe Existing System at VUMC
- 2Q - Describe the process needed to monitor the operations
- 3Q - Identify data collection points to be used in the system
- 4Q - Pilot Expanded VOHIS System
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Outputs
- Publish results, reports and recommendations to inform.
- Describe / Document the evaluation and monitoring of PPE: selection, usage, non-usage, defects, fitting, etc.
Outcomes
- Will translate results into the development of timely PPE interventional response in Pandemic Influenza and other disasters.
- Will differentiate between "equipment failure" and "utilization failure".
- The results will be used to develop policies, SOPs, and correct actions for first receiver agencies (healthcare settings) nationwide.
- Serve as a model to ensure that hospitals are better prepared for Pandemic Influenza and/or other disasters (natural and man-made).
- The system will inform and educate the preparedness and performance even in circumstances of community use of PPE.
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