Effect of pregnancy upon facial anthropometrics and respirator fit testing

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• Personal Author:
  Kim J-H ; Palmiero A ; Powell JB ; Roberge RJ
• Description:
  Workers required to wear respirators must undergo additional respirator fit testing if a significant change in body weight occurs. Approximately 10% of working women of reproductive age will be pregnant and experience a significant change in weight, yet the effect of pregnancy-associated weight gain on respirator fit is unknown. Cephalo-facial anthropometric measurements and quantitative fit testing of N95 filtering facepiece respirators (N95 FFR) of 15 pregnant women and 15 matched, non-pregnant women were undertaken for comparisons between the groups. There were no significant differences between pregnant and non-pregnant women with respect to cephalo-facial anthropometric measurements or N95 FFR quantitative fit tests. Healthy pregnant workers, who adhere to the recommended weight gain limits of pregnancy, are unlikely to experience an increase in cephalo-facial dimensions that would mandate additional N95 FFR fit testing above that which is normally required on an annual basis. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Laboratories Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Pregnancy Quality Control Respiratory Protective Devices Respiratory System Safety Women
• Keywords:
  Air-purifying-respirators Anthropometry Author Keywords: Pregnancy Cephalo-facial Anthropometrics Equipment-design Equipment-reliability Face-masks Laboratory-testing N95 Filtering Facepiece Respirators Personal-protective-equipment Physiological-measurements Physiological-testing Quality-control Quantitative-analysis Respirator Fit Testing Respirators Respiratory-equipment Weight-factors Weight-measurement

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• ISSN:
  1545-9624
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  NPPTL - National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  12
• Issue:
  11
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20046254
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Hyg 2015 Nov; 12(11):761-766
• Contact Point Address:
  Raymond J. Roberge, MD, National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory, 626 Cochrans Mill Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15236
• Email:
  dtn0@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• NORA Priority Area:
  Healthcare and Social Assistance
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7a3fc201c4b0940d1d76c15fd59b692ea5db1bce2c18728d4c9fb67e733d1f34004b6dd8e9ee0183afd5c171bcae1e94692ab204500dbb264590a54cefd27aee
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/201362/cdc_201362_DS1.pdf
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