SafetyManager's "Tuberculosis in the First Responder
Environment" Regulatory Compliance Kit™ includes recent
changes in respiratory protection requirements. The Kit
is designed to assist facilities and operations whose
employees have a risk of exposure to Tuberculosis. The
Kit also helps employees understand the nature of the
disease, as well as what they can do to protect themselves
from infection. Early in 1996 OSHA issued Tuberculosis
Directives that enforce the 1994 Center for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC) Tuberculosis Prevention Guidelines,
and allow for the wearing of new classes of NIOSH approved
respirators/masks as well as HEPA masks.
The
Posters in the Kit remind employees about the dangers
of Tuberculosis. The Videotape and Employee Booklets include
information on history of tuberculosis as a disease.
Topics covered in this kit include:
