Recapturing the Sizing Issues of Respirator Fit-Test Panels for Emergency Response

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• Personal Author:
  Guan J ; Hsiao H ; Zhuang Z
• Description:
  Ill-fit respirators may compromise the ability of emergency responders to act effectively in hazardous situations. This study reevaluated the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) respirator fit-test panels for their effectiveness to provide sizing reference for the US military and civilian populations. The LANL panels were developed in 1974 based on the 1967-68 US Air Force Anthropometry Survey. The 1988-89 US Army Anthropometry Survey and the Civilian American and European Surface Anthropometry Resource (CAESAR ) were involved in this evaluation. Data on face length and face width from the Army survey or CAESAR were fed into the full-facepiece panel, and data on face length and lip length from the Army survey were fed into the half-facepiece panel. Any individual whose bivariate dimensions fell out of panel boundaries was considered to be not accommodated. With adjusted racial distribution, the full- and half-facepiece panels were able to accommodate 90.1% and 93.1%, respectively, of the Army survey population. The full-facepiece panel was able to accommodate only 85% the CAESAR population. There was insufficient information for evaluating the ability of the half-facepiece panel to accommodate the CAESAR population. The LANL panels should be revised so that they can fit 95% of the current civilian population. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Emergencies Emergency Responders Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Respiratory Protective Devices Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  Emergency-responders Emergency-response Military-personnel Personal-protective-equipment Respirators Respiratory-protection Respiratory-protective-equipment Safety-equipment Safety-measures
• Publisher:
  International Society for Respiratory Protection
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary ; Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research ; NPPTL - National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-29
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20023162
• Citation:
  International Society for Respiratory Protection 11th International Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, September 29 - October 3, 2002. International Society for Respiratory Protection, 2002 Sep-Oct; :1-29
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• NORA Priority Area:
  Research Tools and Approaches: Control Technology and Personal Protective Equipment
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  International Society for Respiratory Protection 11th International Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, September 29 - October 3, 2002
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ce024e9cd25e7646cb02ae5f0eb3d231de6926d4600780100ba2fd78d9322f00c9d3a9332f6bf5d89a86b505c707486c0b5b801f95866c94de45a693a40fdbd5
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/195740/cdc_195740_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.37 MB ]