| Respirator or face mask? Best H1N1 protection still debated |
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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 »
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CNN - Nov. 6, 2009
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| Prevention experts urge modification to 2009 H1N1 guidance... |
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(Arlington, VA)--Three leading scientific organizations specializing in infectious diseases prevention issued a letter to President Obama today expressing their significant... More »
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Genetic Engineering News - Nov. 6, 2009
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| Respirator or face mask? Best shield still debated |
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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 »
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CNN - Nov. 6, 2009
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| Groups Ask Obama to Rethink N95 Issue |
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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 »
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Infection Control Today - Nov. 6, 2009
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| Leading Scientific Organizations Urge White House to Modify... |
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Mark Rupp, MD, president of SHEA called the current requirements âdeeply flawedâ and expressed his concern over the âpotential for considerable untoward consequencesâ... More »
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Infectious Diseases Society of America - Nov. 6, 2009
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| Ohio reverses course on masks for H1N1 protection |
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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 »
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Cleveland Live - Nov. 6, 2009
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| Minnesota nurses union says H1N1 protection lacking: Union... |
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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 »
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Individual.com - Nov. 6, 2009
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| Swine Flu Protection: Respirator or Mask? |
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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 »
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Health.com - Nov. 5, 2009
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| Minnesota nurses union says H1N1 protection lacking |
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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 »
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TwinCities.com - Nov. 5, 2009
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