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Though annual respirator fit-testing is being widely criticized, an infection control professional strongly recommends the practice after seeing a group of co-workers get infected with tuberculosis even though they were wearing N95 respirators.
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In a formal letter to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regarding its recently announced tuberculosis requirements, the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) made the following key objections to the action.
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In launching a protest letter-writing campaign against new federal requirements regarding tuberculosis, the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology created the following template.
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Charging that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) violated laws for regulatory review and comment, the American Hospital Association (AHA) is rallying opposition to recently mandated tuberculosis requirements that include annual respirator fit-testing.
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Personal statements and adornments made though tattoos and body piercing may have an insidious underside: Evidence continues to mount that they increase the risk of hepatitis C virus.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which has been criticized for not being more directive and aggressive on preventing needle stick injuries, has posted an impressive, interactive workbook on the issue.
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On Jan. 13, 2004, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported a new suspect case of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in a 35-year-old man living in Guangdong province, China.
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Concerned about the emerging threat of pandemic influenza in Vietnam, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has dispatched a team to Hanoi to investigate an H5N1 avian flu outbreak that had claimed 12 lives as of Jan. 15, 2003.
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In a move that stunned infection control professionals, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently announced that it will require one of the most contentious provisions of its failed tuberculosis standard annual respirator fit-testing under its existing general respiratory protection standard.
