OSHA – NIOSH Worker Info: Protect Yourself – Spirometry Breathing Test

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Inhalation of some dusts, gases, or other air contaminants in your workplace as well as some personal exposures, such as cigarette smoking, can harm your lungs. Spirometry testing (a type of pulmonary or lung function test) may identify breathing problems early, which may prevent more serious problems. Spirometry testing is required for some workers by OSHA standards (see Screening and Surveillance: A Guide to OSHA Standards at: http://www.osha.gov/Publications/osha3162.pdf). [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Dust Inhalation Exposure Irritants Lung Lung Diseases Occupational Health Respiratory Function Tests Respiratory System Safety
• Keywords:
  Dust-inhalation Inhalants Lung-disorders Lung-function Pulmonary-function-tests Respiration Respiratory-function-tests Respiratory-irritants Spirometry Surveillance
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB2011132
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies ; OD - Office of the Director
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20038526
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2011-132, 2011 Mar; :1
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4d725c571befbe2707fbcb3a8070b20afd7feb06ff5454a2df4207224642dcfbcdc9852804f2d4166e674591947fda4b179b124ec85be35553f5a1d04c95457e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/209962/cdc_209962_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 344.22 KB ]