Any facility with airborne infection isolation rooms must run a respiratory protection program. What does that program cover?

1. Airborne isolation rooms are only as good as the respirators worn by the staff entering them. 2. A respiratory protection program is required in any facility with such rooms. 3. It includes education about the use of respirators, fit testing, and user seal checks. 4. A respirator that has never been fit tested may leak around the face seal, which is why the program is a requirement and not an option. 5. Chest imaging is a health surveillance activity and is not named as part of this program. 6. Pressure logging and filter replacement maintain the room, not the protection worn by the person entering it. _Source: CDC Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings (2007), Part III, section III.B.3. Airborne precautions_