Walter Reed Army Medical Centerís Preventive Medicine Service/Industrial Hygiene Office officials are doing respiratory fit testing in the Old Hospital (Bldg. 1), third floor, Rm. B-320, every Wednesday from 11 a.m. to noon; second Wednesday of the month from 3 to 3:50 p.m.; and every third Wednesday of the month from 7 to 7:45 a.m.
For more information call (202) 356-0072.
ìThis is a safety requirement for health-care workers,î said Michael Blaney of WRAMCís IH Department.
The N95 respirator, when used properly, filters at least 95 percent of airborne particles, according to officials from the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health. The NIOSH N95 standard mask is able to protect the wearer from viral particles in aerosols and airborne liquid droplets. Another benefit of masks, even ones permeable to viruses, is to remind the wearer not to touch his face.
Tuberculosis, or TB, is spread by aerosols created by coughing or sneezing. A single sneeze, for instance, can release up to 40,000 droplets. Each droplet can transmit TB.
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