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		<title>New NIOSH guidance document for TB</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>From NIOSH</p> <p>The document can be found HERE</p> <p>&#8220;Research indicates that an appropriately designed and maintained upper-room UVGI system may kill or inactivate airborne TB bacteria and increase the protection afforded to healthcare workers while maintaining a safe level of UVGI in the occupied lower portion of the room. The purpose of this document [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>From NIOSH</em></p>
<p>The document can be found <a title="NIOSH guidance document for TB" href="http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2009-105/pdfs/2009-105.pdf" target="_blank">HERE</a></p>
<p><img class="alignright" title="NIOSH Environmental Control for Tuberculosis" src="http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2009-105/images/2009-105.jpg" alt="" width="190" height="190" />&#8220;Research indicates that an appropriately designed and maintained upper-room UVGI system may kill or inactivate airborne TB bacteria and increase the protection afforded to healthcare workers while maintaining a safe level of UVGI in the occupied lower portion of the room. The purpose of this document is to examine the different parameters necessary for an effec­tive upper-room UVGI system and to provide guidelines to healthcare managers, facility designers, engineers, and industrial hygienists on the parameters necessary to install and maintain an effective upper-room UVGI system. These guidelines are consistent with previous CDC healthcare guidelines and expand upon them. This document provides an overview of the current knowledge concerning upper-room UVGI systems and research needs. Information from CDC/NIOSH-funded laboratory studies and other relevant studies is combined in this report to provide guide­lines for the installation and use of upper-room UVGI systems. Although other pathogenic microorganisms may be killed or inactivated by upper-room UVGI systems, the guidelines were developed for the installation and use of upper-room UVGI systems capable of killing or inactivating surrogates of mycobacteria.&#8221;</p>
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