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Am J Ind Med
October 2020
Department of Medicine, WVU Health Sciences Center, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Am J Ind Med
August 2020
Community, Environment & Policy Department, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.
As the US health care system began to respond to the coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic, demand for respiratory personal protective equipment (PPE) increased precipitously, as did the number of users. This commentary discusses ensuing deviations from accepted respiratory PPE program practices, which potentially increased risk to health care workers. Such lapses included omitting user training and fit testing, provision of unapproved devices, and application of devices in settings and ways for which they were not intended.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Evidence-based diagnostic and treatment guidelines for occupationally related interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) have been developed and are summarized herein.
Methods: Comprehensive literature reviews were conducted with article abstraction, critiquing, objective grading, and evidence table compilation. A multidisciplinary expert panel drafted evidence- and consensus-based guidance.
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