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References

Supporting sources include peer-reviewed research, evidence-based clinical practice guidelines, professional standards, and foundational respiratory care references, as applicable to the skill.

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PFT Spirometry

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  1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2002). Guidelines for hand hygiene in health-care settings: Recommendations of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee and the HICPAC/SHEA/APIC/IDSA Hand Hygiene Task Force. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 51(RR-16), 1–45. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/rr/rr5116.pdf
  2. World Health Organization. (2009). WHO guidelines on hand hygiene in health care. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789241597906
  3. American Association for Respiratory Care. (2010–2020). AARC Clinical Practice Guidelines (device-specific). Irving, TX: AARC. Retrieved from https://www.aarc.org/resources/clinical-practice-guidelines/
  4. Parshall, M. B., Schwartzstein, R. M., Adams, L., Banzett, R. B., Manning, H. L., Bourbeau, J., Calverley, P. M., Gift, A. G., Harver, A., Lareau, S. C., Mahler, D. A., Meek, P. M., O'Donnell, D. E., & American Thoracic Society Committee on Dyspnea. (2012). An official American Thoracic Society statement: Update on the mechanisms, assessment, and management of dyspnea. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 185(4), 435–452. https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.201111-2042ST
  5. American Association for Respiratory Care, American Thoracic Society, & European Respiratory Society. (2019). Joint professional guidance for pulmonary function and respiratory care practice. Irving, TX: AARC.
  6. Graham, B. L., Steenbruggen, I., Miller, M. R., Barjaktarevic, I. Z., Cooper, B. G., Hall, G. L., Hallstrand, T. S., Kaminsky, D. A., McCarthy, K., McCormack, M. C., Oropez, C. E., Rosenfeld, M., Stanojevic, S., Swanney, M. P., & Thompson, B. R. (2019). Standardization of spirometry 2019 update. European Respiratory Journal, 53(2), 1801513. https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.01513-2018
  7. Strickland, S. L., Rubin, B. K., Drescher, G. S., Haas, C. F., O'Malley, C. A., Volsko, T. A., & Hess, D. R. (2013). AARC clinical practice guideline: Effectiveness of nonpharmacologic airway clearance therapies in hospitalized patients. Respiratory Care, 58(12), 2187–2193. https://doi.org/10.4187/respcare.02925