title: Engineering controls for abating airborne biologic, chemical, and physical contaminants in health care workplaces.
abstract: Airborne hazards present special challenges due to nonuniform release into the environment, inadequate or nonexistent measuring capability, and lack of established exposure limits. However, some general guidelines are available.
authors.affiliation: United States Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Salt Lake Technical Center, UT 84165-0200, USA.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hathon
mesh_terms: D004738:Engineering; D004780:Environment, Controlled; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D009314:National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S.; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016272:Occupational Health; D010564:Personnel, Hospital; D014481:United States; D014489:United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration; D017132:Workplace