This guide will assist health care facility plant maintenance and
engineering staff, in coordination with infection control
professionals, to prepare for a natural or terroristic event,
involving an infectious agent transmitted by airborne droplet
nuclei. Examples of such agents include measles, varicella, and
tuberculosis.
This resource provides recommendations and practices for extended
use and limited reuse of NIOSH-certified N95 filtering facepiece
respirators (commonly called “N95 respirators”). The
recommendations are intended for use by professionals who manage
respiratory protection programs in healthcare institutions to
protect health care workers from job-related risks of exposure to
infectious respiratory illnesses.
This template is designed for use by hospital personnel who have
been suitably trained and charged with the responsibility of
developing and implementing a respiratory protection program that
addresses aerosol transmissible diseases/pathogens and airborne
hazardous materials in hospital work environments. It is
designed to be used in conjunction with “Implementing Respiratory
Protection Programs in Hospitals: A Guide for Program
Administrators,” which provides detailed instructions and tips
for program development specifically in hospitals. Use of
this template does not guarantee compliance with Cal/OSHA
standards, but is meant to help hospitals fulfill the requirement
for a written RPP as one component of a comprehensive program to
protect their employees. It is important that you reference
Title 8 CCR, Sections 5144 (Respiratory Protection Standard) and
5199 (ATD Standard), for details on specific Cal/OSHA
requirements.
