Regulation
This is the organization that is part of the Department of Labor that ensures safe and healthy working conditions for employees.
What is OSHA?
These are air purifying devices certified by NIOSH to have a filter efficiency level of 95% or greater against particulate aerosols free of oil and greater than 0.3 microns in size.
What is an N95 Respirator?
Under normal circumstances, we do not care for residents that require this type of isolation but, in the event, we are unable to transfer them, we implement fit testing for all staff and contractors.
What are airborne precautions?
This is naturally occurring water bacteria that can cause a serious type of pneumonia in vulnerable populations.
What is legionella?
Physicians may use this type of test to check for pneumonia.
What are chest x-rays?
This is who is responsible for maintaining a respiratory protection program in the workplace.
Who is the employer?
This is done to determine which respirator model/size provides the proper fit for the user.
What is fit testing?
This is needed to ensure users are familiar with proper use of N95 respirators and protective limitations.
What is training/education?
Cough, shortness of breath, muscle aches, confusion, fever, headache, diarrhea, and nausea are all possible ________________
What are signs and symptoms of legionnaires disease?
These types of medication may be used to treat someone that has legionnaires disease.
What are antibiotics?
When effective engineering controls are not feasible in controlling contaminants in the air, these are used to protect employee's health.
What are appropriate respirators?
This may interfere with the direct contact between your face and the sealing surface of a respirator. Male employees cannot be fit tested when they have this
What are beards/facial hair?
This is how often training is required to be done.
What is annually?
Being 50 years old or greater, smoking, chronic lung disease, weakened immune system, systemic malignancy, and underlying illness such as diabetes, renal failure, or liver failure are all potential __________.
What are risk factors for becoming sick with legionella?
By doing this with our water and ice machines, we could help prevent legionella.
What is changing out a filter?
Some examples of this are confinement of an operation, ventilation, or substitution of less toxic materials.
What are engineering control measures?
This is how often fit testing needs repeated.
What is annually?
This is something you should do every time you apply your N95 respirator to ensure the mask will protect you.
What is doing a seal check?
Shower heads, sink faucets, cooling towers, decorative fountains, hot tubs, hot water tank and heaters, plumbing systems in large buildings, and certain medical devices can be sources of this.
What are sources of legionella infection?
Monitoring for spots where water could sit for a prolonged period, maintaining water systems, and regularly running water through rarely used pipes to reduce the buildup of bacteria (such as unoccupied rooms)
What are ways to prevent legionella?
This is the primary goal to control occupational diseases that could be caused by breathing air that is contaminated with harmful dusts, fogs, mist, gases, smoke, sprays, or vapors
What is preventing atmospheric contamination
OSHA requires that this is done to determine if users are physically fit to wear a respirator
What is medical evaluation/clearance?
Dust, fumes, mists, microbial agents such as tuberculosis bacteria and flu virus, and COVID 19
What are airborne contaminants that N95 respirators filter out?
This is the state of water that is not flowing or moving and can lead to legionella growth.
What is stagnation?
Communities need to have this in place to help ensure they are decreasing their risk for legionella in the water.
What is water management program?