Medical Staff Workplace Health & Safety

We are on a journey to embed a culture of health and safety in IH. The goal is to empower each of us to take responsibility for safety, be mindful of our physical and mental health, and remain engaged and psychologically resilient to the pressures of everyday work and life.

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Respiratory Protection Program

The following e-learning courses outline the necessary responsibilities, procedures, training, use and maintenance of respirators to ensure the health and safety of all workers when utilizing respiratory protection against airborne contaminants.

Elastomeric Respirators

Duration: 20 minutes

Participants interactively learn about the use of elastomeric respirators, their assembly and a variety of filtration media, cleaning, storing and charging. The training also demonstrates how to properly put on and take off the elastomeric respirators and conduct an inspection to ensure its protection efficiency.

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Powered Air-Purifying Respirators (PAPRs)

Duration: 20 minutes

Participants interactively learn about the use of the variety of PAPR systems, their assembly, cleaning, storing and charging. The training also demonstrates how to properly put on and take off the PAPR and conduct an inspection to ensure its protection efficiency. 

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N95 Respirators

Duration: 20 minutes

Participants interactively learn about respiratory hazards, mechanism of filtration, selection of respirators utilized in healthcare, limitations of N95 use, qualitative and quantitative fit-testing, how to properly put on and take off the mask, N95 maintenance, storage and inspection.

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