Grace Egos, MSPH
About Grace Egos, MSPH
TB IC and Biosafety Consultant
Harvard Airborne IC Course Participant
Role(s) / Profession(s)
- Consultant
- IC Professional, Technical Consultant, Preventionist (CTR/TSI)
- Laboratory Professional
Organization
- Independent (Contractor, Freelance, Consultant)
Work Location(s)
- Philippines
Language(s)
- English
Grace's Communities
Recent Contributions
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Grace Egos, MSPH replied to "Disposal of sputum for home infection control in MDR TB treatment" in the TB Infection Control community.
sorry but I didn't quite get it: *patients reopens the container for subsequent sputum deposition? Or are they being asked to use fresh containers for each sputum deposition?* ** 1. are we talking here of new sputum collected and reused sputum container? 2. or is it just during the process ...
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Grace Egos, MSPH replied to "How to know which respirator has the correct qualifications?" in the TB Infection Control community.
Dear all, Very interesting topic. I am currently conducting in country lab site assessments. Surprisingly and probably because of the AH1N1, I found one respirator with a label of N95 and claiming to be confirming to the NIOSH certification. However, I got confused when it also claimed it is FFP1. ...
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Grace Egos, MSPH replied to "request for assistance" in the TB Infection Control community.
Dear Lesley, I'd like to ask a few more questions : 1. What is the budget? Is it enough to build a BSL3 facility and save for a maintenance? Putting up a BSL3 in my experience does not need to be that sophisticated. We can work for an improvised one. ...
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Grace Egos, MSPH replied to "Is N95 safe for SARS or avian influenza?" in the TB Infection Control community.
Thanks Dr. Paul J for a very extensive discussion.Very well explained. The reason this thought came across was on the basis that viruses I thought are very small and are even measured in nanometers. (Sorry for my ignorance, and Im not too sure about the size of SARS). And if ...
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Grace Egos, MSPH started a discussion "Is N95 safe for SARS or avian influenza?". in the TB Infection Control community.
Considering the filtering efficiency of an N95 for particles 3um in size and the average size of a virus, can it really protect?
Recent Recommendations
- None at this time.