Respirator Awareness: Your Health May Depend On It

DHHS (NIOSH) Publication Number 2013-138, June 2013
For Health Care Providers
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One of the occupational hazards in the healthcare setting is the airborne transmission of certain infectious diseases. The potential of exposure is not limited to physicians, nurses, and support personnel in direct patient care. It extends to those delivering food, cleaning patient rooms, and performing maintenance. Anyone working in areas with patients infected with airborne-transmissible diseases is potentially at risk.

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Explica cómo los trabajadores de la salud pueden elegir la protección respiratoria adecuada.

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NIOSH [2013]. Respirator awareness: Your health may depend on it. Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2013-138.

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