Objective
- Utilize the Early Aberration Reporting System (EARS) to gather data related to PPE: selection, usage, supply, ordering, defects, fitting, safety programs and implementation that protect HCW
- Determine what specific activities and resources are utilized by various hospital systems in these hazard prevention programs (HPP)
- Evaluate the quality and effectiveness of PPE in HPP
- Use system to demonstrate and report best practices of PPE in HPP
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- OSHA 29 CFR 1910.134
- NIOSH 42 CFR 84
- VHA
- CDC-DBPR
- Vanderbilt University Hospital Systems
- Healthcare workers
- First Receivers
- Manufacturers
- Hospital Infection Control and Safety Officers
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Project Scope
- Monitor the selection, use, supply, defects, audits, recalls and effectiveness of PPE Safety programs in HPP in five major hospitals in the US
Milestones
- FY 08 Q2-Q3 Develop Proposal
- Q3 Submit Proposal
- Q4 Approve Proposal
- FY 09 Q1 Implementation
- Q1-Q4 Continuous monitoring
- Site visits- Quarterly. (10/08, 01/09/, 04/09, 07/09)
- Evaluation visits- (As needed or required)
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Outputs
- Publish results, reports and recommendations to inform
Outcomes
- Will translate results into the development of timely PPE interventional response in Pandemic Influenza and other disasters
- Will differentiate between “equipment failure” and “utilization failure”
- The results will be used to develop policies, SOPs, and correct actions for first receiver agencies (healthcare settings) nationwide
- Serve as a model to ensure that hospitals are better prepared for Pandemic Influenza and/or other disasters (natural and man-made)
- The system will inform and educate the preparedness and performance even in circumstances of community use of PPE
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