Preparing for an influenza pandemic : personal protective equipment for healthcare workers / / Committee on Personal Protective Equipment for Healthcare Workers During an Influenza Pandemic ; Board on Health Sciences Policy, Institute of Medicine ; Lewis R. Goldfrank and Catharyn T. Liverman, editors ; Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

• Author: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Personal Protective Equipment for Healthcare Workers During an Influenza Pandemic.
• TeilnehmendeR: Goldfrank, Lewis R., 1941-; Liverman, Catharyn T.; Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on Health Sciences Policy.; National Academies Press (U.S.); ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xiii, 191 p. :; ill.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• - Understanding the risk of influenza to healthcare workers
• - Designing and engineering effective PPE
• - Using PPE: individual and institutional issues
• - Certifying and regulating healthcare PPE: defining an integrated system
• - Moving forward with urgency.