READ: ATSDR Evaluation of Environmental Exposure - Gambell, AK
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READ: Safely Clean, Decontaminate, and Reoccupy Flood-damaged Houses Part 2
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(4 RC) - This guidance for safely cleaning, decontaminating, and reoccupying homes after flood events, this document provides a review of the existing literature on the health hazards presented by floods, flood damage, and subsequent cleanup activities and summarizes several guidance documents on strategies for safely returning flooded buildings to habitable conditions. … (US EPA, 2015)
Read MoreREAD: Safely Clean, Decontaminate, and Reoccupy Flood-damaged Houses Part 1
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(4 RC) - This guidance for safely cleaning, decontaminating, and reoccupying homes after flood events, this document provides a review of the existing literature on the health hazards presented by floods, flood damage, and subsequent cleanup activities and summarizes several guidance documents on strategies for safely returning flooded buildings to habitable conditions. … (US EPA, 2015)
Read MoreREAD: Proposed Guidance for COVID-19 Pneumonia Respiratory Follow-up
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(1/2 RC) - This guidance is intended to be pragmatic but sufficiently detailed to allow timely identification of patients experiencing persistent or evolving respiratory complications of COVID-19. Where possible this guidance suggests virtual solutions at relevant points along the patient pathway with the goal of mitigating … (British Thoracic Society, May 2020)
Read MoreREAD: CDC - Weekly Report 69:44 (COVID-19)
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(4 RC) - These findings suggest that transmission of SARS-CoV-2 within households is high, occurs quickly, and can originate from both children and adults. Prompt adoption of disease control measures, including self-isolating at home, appropriate self-quarantine of household contacts, and all household members wearing a mask in shared spaces, can reduce the probability of household transmission … (CDC, Nov. 2020)
Read MoreREAD: - Stachybotrys mycotoxin production on various building materials
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(1 RC) - Mold growth in the indoor environment can generally cause allergic, infectious, or toxic symptoms in humans. It is conceivable, that spores or mycelium might potentially serve as fungal fragments for indoor air contamination in the course of the aerosolization process and that inhalation exposure along this route can lead to adverse health effects… (Indoor Air, 2020)
Read MoreREAD: Thunderstorms, Asthma, and Pollen Allergy
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(1 RC) - These papers discuss thunderstorms as a risk factor for asthma and explore their relationship to pollen allergy. There is evidence that thunderstorms trigger epidemics of exacerbations of asthma during the pollen season by washing down pollen grains and concentrating them in a band of air at ground level…(Thorax/BMJ, 1997)
Read MoreREAD: Endotoxin and (1--3)-beta-D-Glucan in Homes and Farms
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(1 RC) - This study compares the proportions of PM1 endotoxin and 1-3-beta-D-glucan in homes compared to farms. The study emphasizes the importance of conducting size-selective air sampling for microbial exposure assessment in homes. Personal exposure to microbial biomarkers including gram-negative bacterial endotoxin…(Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 2011)
Read MoreREAD: (1--3)-beta-D-Glucan and Indoor Air-Related Effects
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(1 RC) - This paper reviews field studies in which (1-3)-beta-D-Glucan was measured as a marker to characterize the extent of symptoms and measures of inflammation among subjects exposed to indoor mold. Many studies show a relationship between symptoms and a history of dampness or flooding of buildings…(Environmental Health Perspectives, 1999)
Read MoreREAD: HUD - Healthy Homes Issues: Residential Assessment
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(4 RC) - This background paper addresses the assessment of all types of hazards that may exist in homes, including biological, chemical, physical, structural, and behavioral. It introduces the reader to methods to assess for health and safety hazards, and discusses widely available visual assessment…(HUD, 2012)
Read MoreREAD: WAO - Allergy Avoidance Strategies
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(1 RC) - The use of environmental interventions to treat patients with allergic disorders has long been promoted to reduce morbidity by reducing a patient’s exposure to environmental triggers. It has been studied as a means for prevention and treatment of rhinitis and asthma…(WHO, 2018)
Read MoreREAD: House Dust Endotoxins and Asthma in Children
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(1 RC) - This study explores the relationship between endotoxins and other contaminants found in house dust and the exacerbation of asthma symptoms in children. Microbial exposure in the indoor environment has long since been recognized as a potential cause of respiratory or other disorders. Reports of ill health related to microbial exposure have already appeared…(American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2000)
Read MoreREAD: CDC - HHE Indoor Air in a Public University
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(2 RC) - This Health Hazard Evaluation studies and diagnoses a public university and offers recommendations for the betterment of the indoor air.
Read MoreREAD: CDC - HHE Evaluation of Elementary School IAQ
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(3 RC) - This HHE from the CDC details an investigation of an elementary school's indoor air quality and the unexpected possible health concerns that could arise.
Read MoreREAD: PLOS Medicine - Smoke Exposure in Hospital Patients
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(2 RC) - This document from PLOS Medicine studies the effects of smoke exposure to patients of different ages for different periods of time.
Read MoreREAD: AIPH Among Infants
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(1 RC) - This NIOSH report discusses the investigation and surveillance of acute idiopathic pulmonary hemorrhage among infants.
Read MoreREAD: Transmission of Clostridium Difficile
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(1 RC) - This document from the HHS studies the relationship between hospital room square footage and the transmission of Clostridium Difficile.
Read MoreREAD: Prevention of Surgical Site Infection
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(3 RC) - This document from the CDC offers guidance on the prevention of infection at surgical sites.
Read MoreREAD: Action Plan to Prevent HAIs Part 2 of 2
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(4 RC) - This document from the HHS represents the key actions needed to prevent HAIs and the containment of dangerous infections.
Read MoreREAD: Action Plan to Prevent HAIs Part 1 of 2
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(4 RC) - This document from the HHS represents the key actions needed to prevent HAIs and the containment of dangerous infections.
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