[MCOH-EH] FW: Industrial Mask Fit Testing

[Philip Harber]

Suggest you contact Mary Townsend. She wrote the ACOEM guides and can make
excellent suggestions for both

*Philip Harber *

email:  philharber at gmail.com or pharber at arizona.edu
<pharber at email.arizona.edu>

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On Mon, Oct 30, 2023 at 7:19 PM Thanassi, Wendy <
WThanassi at stanfordhealthcare.org> wrote:

> Hello MCOH,
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> I’d like to introduce you to Dr. Janet Kim, who’s now running Santa Clary
> County hospital’s OHS. She has a question for you experts:
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> For our Facilities employees, we have offered industrial mask fit testing
> and pulmonary function testing.  However, our PFT machine broke down. Does
> your clinic offer industrial fit testing and pulmonary function testing? If
> so, who provides that testing and how did they get trained?
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> Thanks for your help,
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> Janet
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> janet.kim at hhs.sccgov.org
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> *From: *Kim, Janet <Janet.Kim at hhs.sccgov.org>
> *Date: *Friday, October 27, 2023 at 10:20 AM
> *To: *Thanassi, Wendy <WThanassi at stanfordhealthcare.org>
> *Subject: *Re: Industrial Mask Fit Testing
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> [EXT]
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> Thanks for your reply. Yes if you could forward my question to other OH
> physicians, I would greatly appreciate it!
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> *From:* Thanassi, Wendy <WThanassi at stanfordhealthcare.org>
> *Sent:* Thursday, October 26, 2023 8:07:42 PM
> *To:* Kim, Janet <Janet.Kim at hhs.sccgov.org>
> *Subject:* [EXTERNAL] Re: Industrial Mask Fit Testing
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> Hi Janet,
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> We do not have either – at VA we got the Safety Service to take over the
> N95 fit testing and we just do the medical clearance. At Stanford they do
> both the medical and fit testing – also PAPRs etc. But no PFTs are required.
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> I’m here at a conference with other OH MDs, want me to forward this to
> them for you?
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> Wendy
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> *From: *Kim, Janet <Janet.Kim at hhs.sccgov.org>
> *Date: *Thursday, October 26, 2023 at 1:53 PM
> *To: *Thanassi, Wendy <WThanassi at stanfordhealthcare.org>
> *Subject: *Industrial Mask Fit Testing
>
> [EXT]
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> Hi Wendy,
>
>
>
> Hope you’ve been well. For our Facilities employees, we have offered
> industrial mask fit testing and pulmonary function testing.  However, our
> PFT machine broke down. Does your clinic offer industrial fit testing and
> pulmonary function testing? If so, who provides that testing and how did
> they get trained?
>
>
>
> Thanks for your help,
>
> Janet
>
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