Who does what? The roles of NIOSH, OSHA, and the FDA in respiratory protection in the workplace

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• Personal Author:
  D’Alessandro, Maryann M. ; Schwartz, Suzanne B. ; Levinson, Andrew ; Cichowicz, Jaclyn Krah
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Over the years, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has built complex partnerships with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to address the specific respiratory protection needs of workers in different industries. Each of these federal organizations is dedicated to ensuring that workers who rely on respiratory protection have the necessary tools to stay protected. Understanding “who does what” can help a respiratory protection manager and respirator users understand where to find the information that they need.
• Subjects:
  Occupational Exposure/prevention & Control Respiratory Protective Devices Respiratory Tract Infections/prevention & Control United States Government Agencies Workplace
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Blogs
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:na
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:25596cd4292abc567a33481a56fee4f71519e60d979cb1e935a38040d3f8b122511cb8a4de315e9b12412e744a10c9b6c3488978d28b9b4a6eff97a898484883
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/109894/cdc_109894_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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