Preventing Transmission of Pandemic Influenza and Other Viral Respiratory Diseases

1 Front Matter; 2 Summary; 3 1 Introduction; 4 2 Understanding the Risk to Healthcare Personnel; 5 3 Designing and Engineering Effective PPE; 6 4 Using PPE: Individual and Organizational Issues; 7 5 Policy Research and Implementation: Healthcare Systems, Standards, and Certification; 8 Appendix A: Workshop Agenda; 9 Appendix B: Participants List; 10 Appendix C: Studies of the Clinical Effectiveness of Personal Protective Equipment During Outbreaks of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome and Respiratory Syncytial Virus; 11 Appendix D: Examples of Relevant Voluntary Consensus Standards; 12 Appendix E: Committee Biographies