Articles Tagged With: Decontamination
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Special Report: Humbled CDC Seeks Reinvention, Culture Change
The CDC has taken responsibility for its haphazard response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, admitting to mistakes and miscalculations that often directly affected healthcare workers.
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A Breakdown of ANA Survey Findings
A recent survey of 21,503 nurses by the American Nurses Association revealed key findings on personnel equipment and practices during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Reprocessing Respirators too Often May Damage Function
As desperate times require desperate measures, many hospitals have adopted reprocessing methods to reuse N95 respirators designed for single use. A recent study on some of these decontamination techniques revealed respirator efficacy may be compromised if they are reprocessed too often.
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Bioterrorism Watch: Signs and symptoms of chemical exposures
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Bioterrorism Watch: Triage, decontamination after chemical exposures
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Case study: ED acts quickly after anthrax