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PPE Training for New Jersey's Healthcare Providers


Monday, November 2, 2015 : 11:02 a.m. - 11:18 a.m.

Mitchel Rosen, PhD, Office of Public Health Practice, Rutgers School of Public Health, Piscataway, NJ
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
In partnership with local public health officials, the Rutgers School of Public Health, a NIEHS WTP grantee, began a Personal Protective Equipment train-the-trainer program for Ebola preparedness in late 2014. Rutgers SPH developed training materials to prepare EMS, Police, Fire and public health professional to don and off PPE for Ebola response activities. Rutgers and partners deployed to deliver this unique ‘train the trainer’ course to more than 250 health care professionals.  Training discussed Ebola basics in didactic session and included an emphasis on hands on don/doff activities. Participants were not only trained to don/doff PPE but completed the course able to train co-workers to don/doff needed PPE.

This presentation will explore challenges that arose in developing a large-scale Ebola training program in a politically sensitive environment and will identify training elements that have been successful.  Discussion of the differing PPE needs required of healthcare workers will be covered and methods for adapting training to these needs described.

Learning Areas:

Administer health education strategies, interventions and programs
Occupational health and safety
Program planning

Learning Objectives:
Describe challenges in training a diversity healthcare workers Describe successful training strategies for reaching large audiences in short time frame Identify critical needs to implement PPE training

Keyword(s): Occupational Health and Safety, Training

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have been providing safety and health training for various populations for 15 years. I have conducted outreach to employers for over 15 years. I am the Director of the Office of Public Health Practice at the Rutgers School of Public Health.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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