A Guide to Industrial Respiratory Protection

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• Personal Author:
  Pritchard JA
• Description:
  Current technical guidelines for the establishment and implementation of industrial respiratory protection programs are presented in a single document. Chapters deal with respirator selection, use, maintenance, and inspection, types of respirators and their advantages and limitations, respirator fitting and wearer training, respiratory physiology, respiratory hazards, and physiological and psychological limitations. Also included are samples of the decision logic used in respirator selection, guidance on setting up an adequate respirator program through formulation of written standard operating procedures, and discussion of the meaning of the "approved" respirator that meets OSHA requirements. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Respiratory System Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  Protective-devices Respiratory-system Safety-manuals Safety-measures Safety-regulations Safety-training
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Interagency Agreement
• Genre:
  Guidance
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DPSE - Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-150
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00058285
• NTIS Accession Number:
  LA-667-1M
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHEW (NIOSH) Publication No. 76-189, 1976 Jun; :1-150
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1976
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c6a7ef7ab7c015fa0b0b38c043bfabcf5f4b003721ea497b70a5a72074a0d1427c8edc43176dd2e110188e55196cc50aa94931818e9ed2d145e94d93b640c035
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/209246/cdc_209246_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 19.54 MB ]