Journal
WORKPLACE HEALTH & SAFETY
Volume 64, Issue 8, Pages 359-368Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/2165079916657108
Keywords
respiratory protective devices; pandemic preparedness; personal protective equipment (PPE); health care workers; prevalence survey; emergency response
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- Intramural CDC HHS [CC999999] Funding Source: Medline
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An online questionnaire was developed to explore respiratory protective device (RPD) prevalence in U.S. health care facilities. The survey was distributed to professional nursing society members in 2014 and again in 2015 receiving 322 and 232 participant responses, respectively. The purpose of this study was to explore if the emergency preparedness climate associated with Ebola virus disease changed the landscape of RPD use and awareness. Comparing response percentages from the two sampling time frames using bivariate analysis, no significant changes were found in types of RPDs used in health care settings. N95 filtering facepiece respirators continue to be the most prevalent RPD used in health care facilities, but powered air-purifying respirators are also popular, with regional use highest in the West and Midwest. Understanding RPD use prevalence could ensure that health care workers receive appropriate device trainings as well as improve supply matching for emergency RPD stockpiling.
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