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                                          Respiratory Protection Checklist
                               Modified from the New Jersey Department of Health
                           Public Employees Occupational Safety and Health Program


           Facility_________________________          Contact Person___________________________
           Date___________________________            Phone___________________________________
                  (month/day/year)                            (area code)
           Data Collected By____________________________

                         1.     ASSESSMENT OF RESPIRATORY PROTECTION USE


           A.     Is respiratory protection used:

           1.     By persons entering rooms where patients with known or                  Y/N/*Sometimes
                  suspected infectious TB are isolated?


           2.     During cough inducing procedures with known or suspect                  Y/N/*Sometimes
                  TB patients?


           3.     During administration of aerosolized medications with                   Y/N/*Sometimes
                  known or suspect TB patients?


           4.     During surgical procedures with a known or suspect                      Y/N/*Sometimes
                  TB patient?


           5.     During bronchoscopy on a known or suspect TB patient?                   Y/N/*Sometimes

           6.     During autopsy of a deceased person suspected or known                  Y/N/*Sometimes
                  to have had active TB?


           7.     By visitors of patients with known or suspect TB?                       Y/N/*Sometimes


           8.     On patients with known or suspect TB while transporting                 Y/N/*Sometimes
                  patient within the hospital?


           9.     During urgent dental treatment on a known or suspect TB                 Y/N/*Sometimes
                  patient?

           10.    Where administrative and engineering controls may not                   Y/N/*Sometimes
                  provide adequate protection?


                  Specify any such areas:________________________________________________________


                 *Clarify all responses noted as “sometimes” on back of this page; noting the number of
                 the question with each clarification


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