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MCat: Medicine
Cat: Disease-Infectious

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The Business Library

Updated Disaster Management / Bioterrorism

Chemical and biological weapons, bioterrorism. Industrial chemcials and terrorism. Hazardous material guide for first responders.


Disaster Management / Health Service Disasters

Emergency plans and disaster guidance for health care facilities. Quarantines.


Updated Workplace Health Hazards / Biosafety

Large number of regulations, information sheets, and publications related to US biosafety laws. Full text of biosafety control and bloodborne pathogen programs. Tables of risk group classifications for bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites. Working safely with research animals. Full text bloodborne pathogens programs and technical resources.


Workplace Health Hazards / Indoor Air

General concepts & principles of indoor air quality. Research studies. Common indoor pollutants, sick building syndrome, etc. IAQ guides, checklists, fact sheets, sick building syndrome & more Indoor radon prevention. Fact sheets. Office occupant's guide to IAQ. Ozone generators. Building air quality guide. Guidelines on how to conduct an indoor air quality investigation and report. Common plants reducing indoor air pollution. Legionnaires' disease.


Workplace Health Hazards / Occup Resp Disease

Air sampling, epidemiology, pulmonary function testing, etc. NIOSH respiratory questionnaires. Occupational asthma prevention.


Workplace Health Hazards / Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis workplace exposure guidelines. TB resources: Lab safety. OSHA & CDC guidelines. Respiratory protection guide. Draft of a safety tuberculosis control plan.


The Safety Library

Updated Biological Safety / Biosafety

Full text of biosafety control and bloodborne pathogen programs. Large number of regulations, information sheets, and publications related to US biosafety laws. Tables of risk group classifications for bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites. Working safely with research animals.


Biological Safety / Tuberculosis

TB resources: Lab safety. OSHA & CDC guidelines. Respiratory Protection Guide. Tuberculosis workplace exposure guidelines. Draft of a safety tuberculosis control plan.


Health Care Safety / Disaster Management

Emergency plans and disaster guidance for health care facilities


Health Care Safety / Health Care Bioterrorism

Medical management of biological and chemical casualties - clinical guides.


Updated Health Care Safety / Infection Control

Guides and information on infection control. Tutorial on drug-resistant organisms. Issues and recommendations for the prevention of nosocomial pneumonia. Recommendations for isolation practices and infection control in hospitals. Guidelines for controlling the risk of VRE infection and colonization. Emerging pathogens and multidrug-resistant organisms. Laundry guidelines. Needle sticks.


Occupational Medicine / Disease-Infectious

Causes, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of bacterial and mycotic diseases. Online articles & brochures on infectious diseases & preventing foodborne illness. Information on emerging infectious diseases. Preventive vaccines and medications. Resources on vector-borne infectious diseases. Treatment recommendations for common infections.


Respiratory Safety / Indoor Air Quality

General concepts & principles of indoor air quality. Research studies. Common indoor pollutants, sick building syndrome, etc. Indoor radon prevention. Fact sheets. Office occupant's guide to IAQ. Ozone generators. Building air quality guide. Guidelines on how to conduct an indoor air quality investigation and report. Common plants reducing indoor air pollution. Legionnaires' disease.


Respiratory Safety / Occup Resp Disease

NIOSH respiratory questionnaires. Occupational asthma prevention. Air sampling, epidemiology, pulmonary function testing, etc.


Updated Terrorism / Bioterrorism

Chemical and biological weapons, bioterrorism. Industrial chemcials and terrorism. Hazardous Material Guide for First Responders.


Words of Wisdom

"The world is wide, and I will not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum.

- Frances Willard

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Think! How the hell are you gonna think and hit at the same time?

- Yogi Berra