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How You Can Assess Engineering Controls for TB in Your Healthcare Facility: You Don't Need a Weatherman to Know Which Way the Wind Blows

How You Can Assess Engineering Controls for TB in Your Healthcare Facility: You Don't Need a Weatherman to Know Which Way the Wind Blows

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Published 1999. 1 pages.

Access to a 25-minute video on engineering controls for tuberculosis is provided at this website. The viewer can watch the entire video or access particular segments like the introduction, isolation rooms, ventilation, exhaust air, HEPA filters, negative pressure (negative airflow) verification, how much negative pressure, room pressure monitors, room clearance time, sputum induction, waiting rooms, and summary and credits. From the site one can order a copy of the video, and look at the viewer's guide which includes contents and learning objectives, guidelines, tables and worksheets, text and diagrams from the video, and additional resources and the evaluation form. Accession Number: 015418

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