Respirator or face mask? Best H1N1 protection still debated
A preliminary report suggesting that N95 respirators -- filtering devices worn over the mouth and nose -- protect against swine flu better than surgical face masks seems to... More »
CNN - Nov. 6, 2009
Prevention experts urge modification to 2009 H1N1 guidance...
(Arlington, VA)--Three leading scientific organizations specializing in infectious diseases prevention issued a letter to President Obama today expressing their significant... More »
Genetic Engineering News - Nov. 6, 2009
Respirator or face mask? Best shield still debated
Both studies helped inform an Institute of Medicine (IOM) panel that, in September 2009, issued a report recommending the use of fitted N95 respirators by health-care workers... More »
CNN - Nov. 6, 2009
Groups Ask Obama to Rethink N95 Issue
To read a special commentary from Mark E. Rupp, MD, president of SHEA, CLICK HERE. The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) announced... More »
Infection Control Today - Nov. 6, 2009
Leading Scientific Organizations Urge White House to Modify...
Mark Rupp, MD, president of SHEA called the current requirements “deeply flawed” and expressed his concern over the “potential for considerable untoward consequences”... More »
Infectious Diseases Society of America - Nov. 6, 2009
Ohio reverses course on masks for H1N1 protection
Associated PressA 3M N95 mask is modeled in New York.Ohio health officials have given health-care workers clearance to use surgical masks to prevent the spread of H1N1 flu,... More »
Cleveland Live - Nov. 6, 2009
Minnesota nurses union says H1N1 protection lacking: Union...
Nurses are being put "in harm's way" by a state policy that only recommends surgical masks to protect them from H1N1 flu at work, the Minnesota Nurses Association... More »
Individual.com - Nov. 6, 2009
Swine Flu Protection: Respirator or Mask?
THURSDAY, Nov. 5, 2009 (Health.com) — A preliminary report suggesting that N95 respirators—filtering devices worn over the mouth and nose—protect against swine flu better... More »
Health.com - Nov. 5, 2009
Minnesota nurses union says H1N1 protection lacking
Nurses are being put "in harm's way" by a state policy that only recommends surgical masks to protect them from H1N1 flu at work, the Minnesota Nurses Association... More »
TwinCities.com - Nov. 5, 2009