NIOSH Personal Protective Technology Program [2021]

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  The PPT Program is a world leader in protecting workers through PPT research, standards development, respirator conformity assessment, public outreach and information dissemination. This snapshot shows recent accomplishments and upcoming work. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Personal Protective Technology (PPT) Program advances the application and knowledge of PPT to keep workers safe. PPT includes personal protective equipment (PPE) such as respirators, protective clothing, gloves, eye, fall and hearing protection, hard hats, and also includes sensors to detect hazardous substances, and fit testing equipment. The PPT Program includes the NIOSH respirator approval program, PPT research, evaluations, and interventions to support the NIOSH strategic goals.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Air Pollutants, Occupational Hydrocarbons Metals Occupational Health Particulate Matter Preceptorship Safety
• Keywords:
  Eye Protection Fit Testing Hearing Protection Personal Protection Personal Protective Equipment PPE Protective Clothing Respirator Testing
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Other
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OPPE - Office of Program Planning and Evaluation ; OD - Office of the Director ; NPPTL - National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20064381
• Citation:
  Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 2021 Apr; :1
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2021
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1c93886ea7d4197a76247fae821ea46a2a5e315a22b27e02d657f56c36c87aac3daf28b070c0ae58102299b3776e14de641a33d45fdad268afcee0dfe2bfe2a8
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/181937/cdc_181937_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 73.86 KB ]