aim to produce carboxyhaemoglobin of less than two per cent, consistent with the World Health Organisation’s guidelines.86 Dr Johnston further suggested that the Carbon Monoxide Response Protocol needs to clarify the use of procedures for the direction in and ‘shelter place’ community relocation in an emergency. Dr Johnston noted that effective protection of the community assumes rapid receipt of information by the community at any given time of the day or night, and pointed out the following issues of concern in relation to this: the extent of community confusion over repeated advice to commence and terminate in advice ‘shelter place’ the age of the housing stock in the Morwell area meant that houses may not provide sufficient protection from carbon monoxide in the event that it
aim to produce carboxyhaemoglobin of less than two per cent, consistent with the World Health Organisation’s guidelines.86 Dr Johnston further suggested that the Carbon Monoxide Response Protocol needs to clarify the use of procedures for the direction ‘shelter in place’ and community relocation in an emergency. Dr Johnston noted that effective protection of the community assumes rapid receipt of information by the community at any given time of the day or night, and pointed out the following issues of concern in relation to this: the extent of community confusion over repeated advice to commence and terminate ‘shelter in place’ advice the age of the housing stock in the Morwell area meant that houses may not provide sufficient protection from carbon monoxide in the event that it
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