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Showing 1 to 20 of 112 for “"protective equipment"”.
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Simulating COVID-19 Personal Protective Equipment Use in Acute Care Hospitals
America faced crippling shortages of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) during the COVID-19 pandemic from 2020-2021. In response to these recent shortages, policy makers, emergency responders, public health agencies and private healthcare facilities are investing significant time and money to …
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Supply Chain Resilience for Healthcare Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in the Federal Government
… low-cost medical supplies such as personal protective equipment (PPE), which typically requires less skilled labor, had been produced in China and Malaysia and imported to the United States. However, COVID-19 created an overwhelming shortage in medical supplies globally, forcing the United …
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Obstacle crossing behaviors in firefighters: effects of personal protective equipment and firefighter activity
… may provide a better understanding of how equipment and varying degrees of fatigue contribute to the risk of STFs and their associated injuries, and may assist fire departments in making informed decisions when outfitting their firefighters.
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Identification, elimination and reduction of barriers to the effective use of respiratory personal protective equipment
… of barriers to the use of personal respiratory protective equipment (RPE) in the workplace to reduce and prevent occupational inhalation disease. Respiratory Protective Equipment (RPE) is widely used in industry, health, emergency response, military settings and many other applications and are …
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Gladiator Gear: The unintended consequences of protective equipment in gridiron football compared to rugby union
Sports equipment has evolved over time to both enhance performance and reduce the injury risk. Protective equipment is particularly important in contact sports where injuries are frequent. In American and Canadian football, helmets and shoulder pads are two pieces of protective equipment that are …
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Personal Protective Equipment and Laboratory Safety Training: The Roles of Attitude, Subjective Norm, and Perceived Control
… safety practices, including the use of personal protective equipment, can reduce the number and severity of laboratory accidents, thus reducing the risk of chemical, biological and radiologic exposure for workers and for the public. Improving laboratory safety training should also result in fewer …
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A mixed methods approach to modeling personal protective equipment supply chains for infectious disease outbreak response
Personal protective equipment (PPE) is critical to the protection of healthcare workers responding to infectious disease outbreaks. The ability of the PPE supply chain to provide adequate and consistent supply when there is a large spike in demand has not been well-considered. Humanitarian …
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Understanding South African herbicide workers’ residual take-home exposure risks from personal protective equipment cleaning and storing practices
… who spray pesticides take contaminated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and work clothes home, those items pose a risk of cross-contamination. Agriculture employers are recommended to make facilities available for workers to clean and store contaminated items at the workplace to reduce the …
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Characterization of Contaminants on Firefighter"s Protective Equipment A Firefighter's Potential Exposure to Heavy Metals During a Structure Fire
<p>This research measured heavy metals, specifically cadmium, chromium, copper, and lead, on the surface of the firefighters bunker gear. Despite the fact that many studies have been conducted regarding the presence of organics in smoke emissions from structure fires, very few studies have …
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Increasing Compliance of Personal Protective Equipment S election and Use for Isolation Precautions Among RNs & NAs on a Med-Surg Unit
… in selecting the appropriate type of personal protective equipment (PPE), and the use in technique when putting on (donning) and removing (doffing) PPE based on the level of isolation precautions required for the patient being cared for.</p> <p><strong>Project Purpose:</strong> The purpose of …
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What airway and vascular access skills can be performed whilst wearing the NHS issued chemical, biological, radiation, and nuclear personal protective equipment?
… biological, radiation and nuclear personal protective equipment (CBRN-PPE) across the National Health Service (NHS), in 2007, represented an increase in the capacity to treat patients following a CBRN incident. However, little was known on what impact the NHS CBRN-PPE would have on skill …
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Product Evaluation and Process Improvement Guidelines for the Personal Protective Equipment Manufacturers based on Human Factors, NIOSH Guidelines and System Safety Principles
… using test methods such as the Static Oven, Fire Equipment Evaluator, and Radiant Panel, methods which represent controlled environment test conditions. The Fire-Eye device was also evaluated in realistic fire environment created in an ISO burn room by conducting several tests using different …
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Influence of risk perceptions and social context on working for water herbicide sprayers' Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) compliance in the Western Cape of South Africa
… tools and the inadequate or lack of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) use. In addition, underlying factors such as poor nutrition and immune system status might increase the risk to develop acute or chronic illness related to herbicide exposure. The Working for Water (WfW) programme was …
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Behind the Mask: Determinants of Nurses' Adherence to Recommended Use of Facial Protective Equipment to Prevent Occupational Transmission of Communicable Respiratory Illness in Acute Care Hospitals
… appropriate barrier precautions. Facial protective equipment, including surgical masks, respirators and eye/face protection, is the least adhered to type of personal protective equipment used by healthcare workers, yet it is an important barrier precaution against communicable respiratory …
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An investigation of risk homeostasis in a laboratory environment
… a chemistry experiment due to the presence of protective equipment. This study also examined whether a homeostatic regulating mechanism exists for risk-taking behavior. Risk compensation and a homeostatic regulating mechanism for risk-taking behavior are both encompassed within the Risk …
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Using Laboratory Impact Devices to Quantify Football Helmet Performance
… originated in the 1800s, players wore no protective equipment. Between 1869 and 1905, there were 18 deaths and 159 serious injuries attributed to the sport. Following this, players began to wear protective equipment. The first use of a football helmet was in 1893, made of leather and …
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The Effect of Cockpit Noise on the Temporary Threshold Shift of Cessna 172SP Flight Instructors
… shift would indicate that hearing personal protective equipment is working properly. This study used sound-level measurements, and audiometric testing, together with survey data to determine whether or not flight instructors were at risk for potential hearing impairment due to temporary …
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Evaluation and Application of Brain Injury Criteria to Improve Protective Headgear Design
… number of injuries is through improvements in protective equipment design. Safety standards and relative performance ratings have led to advancements in helmet design that have reduced severe injuries and fatalities in sports as well as concussive injuries. These standards and evaluation …
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Respiratory Symptoms and Safety Practice Among Carpenters:The Case of Dodoma Municipal
… symptoms among carpenters, to assess the use of protective equipment among carpenters in the study area and finally to assess awareness of respiratory symptoms carpentry among carpenters in the study area.This study adopted a case study research design where wood workers from Dodoma Municipal …
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Perceptions regarding occupational injuries by employees at Letaba Hospital in Mopani District, Limpopo Province
… pricks due to negligence in the use of Personal Protective Equipments. It emerged in the findings that occupational injuries can cause death at times. The study also revealed that negative perceptions and experiences of the employees towards the use of Personal Protective Equipment are still a …
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