Puget Sound Occupational and Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds - Archived Presentations

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Protecting Patients - Protecting Workers: The Calculus of Respiratory Protection in the Health Care Setting
Scott Barnhart, MD, MPH, Lewis Rubinson, MD, PhD, and Nancy Beaudet, MS, CIH
Presented Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Disclosure: This course has been planned and implemented in accordance with ACOEM. This speaker has no significant financial interest or other relationship with any commercial products mentioned in this presentation.

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This presentation has been approved by the ACOEM for CME credit until December 31, 2009. 
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Learning Objectives:

  • Understand the risks to patients, workers, and institutions
  • Identify options for controlling exposures, their costs and benefits
  • Review the recent CDC guidelines regarding protection for respiratory hazards
  • Discuss individual and public health issues related to policy decisions

Scott Barnhart, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine and Environmental Health, University of Washington
Medical Director/Associate Dean, Harborview Medical Center Division of General Internal Medicine
Seattle, WA

Dr. Scott Barnhart has been the Medical Director of Harborview Medical
Center and Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs at the University of
Washington School of Medicine since 1999.  He is a Professor of Medicine and Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences.  He received his doctorate degree from the School of Medicine and Health Sciences of George Washington University and completed his residency at the University of Washington.

Dr. Barnhart also has a degree in Public Health and Community Medicine from the University of Washington.  He has conducted extensive research related to occupational and environmental health.

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This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the Joint Sponsorship of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine and NAOEM.  The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.  Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.