COVID-19 Exposure Control Strategies
- Description
- Curriculum
This course outlines COVID-19 exposure control strategies. Exposure control strategies consist of all steps necessary to protect workers from exposure to a substance or system, the training and the procedures required to monitor worker exposure and their health to hazards such as chemicals, materials or substance, or other types of hazards.
1.0 Introduction
2.0 The Hierarchy of Controls
3.0 Respiratory Protection
4.0 N95 Filtering Facepiece Respirators
5.0 Fit Testing
6.0 Respirator Inspection Requirements
7.0 Respiratory Protection Training
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
• Understand the role of exposure control strategies in worker protection.
• Utilise the hierarchy of controls framework to select ways of controlling COVID-19.
• Understand the role of facemasks and filtering facemasks in respiratory protection.
• Understand the role of fit testing in respiratory protection.
• Understand the scope of respiratory protection training.
• Understand respirator inspection aspects.
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1.0 Introduction -
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2.0 The Hierarchy of Controls
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3.0 Respiratory Protection
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4.0 N95 Filtering Facepiece Respirators
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5.0 Fit Testing
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6.0 Respirator Inspection Requirements
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7.0 Respiratory Protection Training
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COVID-19 Exposure Control Strategies Quiz -
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2.1 Engineering Controls
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2.2 Warnings
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2.3 Administrative Controls
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2.4 Safe Work Practices
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2.5 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)