Protect Your First Receivers and First Responders

Train Healthcare Staff to Conduct N95 Fit Testing and Operations Level Decontamination

Hospitals must train first receivers on the proper procedures to avoid contamination. The OSHA Special Topics Library from Yale New Haven Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response is a collection of compliance-based courses focused on best practices for first receivers and responders and N95 respirator fit tester training. The library trains healthcare staff on proper measures to prepare for emergencies and meets OSHA requirements.

Impact:
Save Lives

• Provide best practices for protection of first receivers
• Prepare for hazardous materials incidents, pandemics, and other emergencies

Achieve Compliance

• Meet OSHA requirements
• Meet state bioterrorism training requirements
  

Improve Employee Competence

• Reinforce accountability
• Build confidence

Features:

• Interactive learning activities, web links, and exercises
• Brief quizzes to test comprehension of the material
• Documentation of an individual’s completion of a course

This library is essential for:

• Homeland Security preparedness recommendations
• Joint Commission requirements
• CDC guidelines
• OSHA training mandates

This library supports:

• OSHA Respirator Standard 1910.134(k)
• First Receiver and First Responder training

Courses in the Library

• N95 Respirator Fit Tester Training
• Best Practices for the Protection of Healthcare-Based First Receivers, Operations Level
• Best Practices for the Protection of Healthcare-Based First Receivers, Operations Level (Yearly Review)
  

Subject Matter Experts
Yale New Haven Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response has subject matter experts in Infectious Disease, Epidemiology, Toxicology, Emergency Response / Management / Planning, Behavioral Health, Pediatrics, Geriatrics, Radiation, other CBRNE, and additional specialties with healthcare and first
receiver / responder experience.