Guide on respiratory protection against bioaerosols

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Guide on respiratory protection against bioaerosols -

Recommendations on its selection and use

Lavoie, Jacques; Cloutier, Yves; Lara, ; Marchand, Geneviève

Studies and Research Projects / Technical Guide RG-501, Montréal,

IRSST, 2007, 40 pages.

http://www.irsst.qc.ca/en/_publicationirsst_100294.html

Abstract

No respiratory protection guide specific to biological hazards

exists. To make up for this deficiency, the review committee for

Schedule 1 of the Regulation respecting occupational health and

safety asked the IRSST to produce such a document. The authors will

take into account two types of hazards: infections associated with

living bioaerosols, and the immunological or toxic reactions caused

by microorganisms, even dead ones. The guide that will result from

their work will be useful to workers exposed to biological hazards

and to the people responsible for protecting them by determining the

need to wear respiratory protective equipment and by making it

easier to choose the most appropriate device, based on the case.