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AgriSafe Webinar: Respirator Fit Testing in Agricultural Communities

Summary Respiratory PPE fit testing helps assure the best protection against dangerous airborne particles. Agricultural workers face a myriad of challenges in obtaining a proper fit test and who can ...
Healio

Patients prefer FIT over blood test for CRC screening

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . When given a choice, participants preferred fecal immunochemical test-based screening for colorectal cancer ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

FIT Screening Found to Be Unsatisfactory in 10% of Submitted Tests

More than 10% of fecal immunochemical test (FIT)–based colorectal cancer screening could not be processed due to unsatisfactory samples. Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening using the fecal ...
Ohsonline.com

Respirator Fit Testing Requirements and Procedures

WHEN OSHA's revised Respiratory Protection Standard for General Industry, 29 CFR 1910.134, became effective on April 8, 1998, it provided employers with an all-inclusive reference source for fit ...
Firefighter Nation

Introducing the Revolutionary QuantiFit2â„¢ – True advancement in respirator fit testing

OHD, LLLP is proud to present the next generation of fit testing instrumentation, the QuantiFit2â„¢, which utilizes OHD’s scientifically proven and patented Controlled Negative Pressure (CNP) ...
Medscape

Lower FIT Cutoffs Could Cut Costs of CRC Screening

Multitarget stool DNA tests — which are becoming more popular in the United States — have shown increased sensitivity over fecal immunochemical tests (FITs) for early colorectal cancer (CRC) screening ...
Medscape

NICE Recommends FIT Testing Strategy for Colorectal Cancers

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has issued advice to GPs that all patients with signs or symptoms suspicious of colorectal cancer be offered a faecal immunochemical test ...