New research discovered that cleanup workers involved in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico were 60% more likely to be diagnosed with asthma or experience asthma symptoms one to three years after the spill than nonworkers.
Twenty years after the September 11 attacks, rescue workers and volunteers who attended the World Trade Center site are beginning to develop COPD often following a previous diagnosis of asthma.
The US stockpile of nitrile gloves has dwindled from roughly 17 million in Dec 2019 to 2 million in October 2020.
Researchers have designed a cost-effective, constant flow plastic canopy system that can help to protect healthcare workers who are at risk of airborne coronavirus infection while delivering noninvasive ventilation or oxygen via high flow nasal cannula.
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A communication management system can help minimize the exposure of healthcare workers while still providing personalized patient care.
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The New York Times profiled a New York City respiratory therapist and gave a detailed look at the RT’s everyday routine during COVID-19.
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The FDA authorized the Sterrad 100S Cycle, Sterrad NX Standard Cycle, and Sterrad 100NX Express Cycle from Advanced Sterilization Products.
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The FDA has issued an EUA to decontaminate N95 respirators for reuse to Steris Corp for the Steris V-Pro 1 Plus devices.
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Increasing numbers of healthcare workers are being infected by COVID-19, with over 100 HCW fatalities reported worldwide.
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Volatile organic compounds from cigarette smoke can cling to human bodies and clothing and be transferred in large quantities to indoor, non-smoking environments, exposing people to the equivalent of up to 10 cigarettes.
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The skin, clothing and equipment of healthcare workers are routinely contaminated with respiratory viruses after patient care, indicating greater need for infection control measures.
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WVU Medicine Reynolds Memorial Hospital is opening a Respiratory and Occupational Lung Disease Clinic intended to help treat and prevent black lung disease.
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Taxi drivers experience the highest exposures to black carbon, an indicator of diesel engine fumes, compared to couriers, truck drivers, waste removal and emergency service workers.
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A survey of 905 Italian truck drivers has shown that approximately half suffer from at least one sleep-related breathing problem that potentially can cause drivers to fall asleep at the wheel.
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More than 1 in 10 people with a range of non-cancerous lung diseases may be sick as a result of...
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