Respiratory Protection for Emergency Responders

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• Personal Author:
  Cloonan TK ; Coffey, Christopher C. ; Greenawald L ; Palya F ; Stein R ; Szalajda JV ; Wizner KL
• Description:
  Before National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) could develop performance standards to protect against chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) respiratory hazards, various agents that have the potential to be used in acts of terrorism needed to be identified. The toxicity and chemical/physical properties of identified CBRN agents were essential for NIOSH to further identify test challenge agents, their chemical concentrations to challenge the CBRN respiratory equipment, and breakthrough concentrations for development of performance standards. In collaboration with other federal agencies, NIOSH developed national CBRN respirator certification standards to evaluate candidate respirators designed to protect fire service, law enforcement, and other public safety emergency response personnel from the effects of CBRN agents. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Emergency Responders Firefighters Law Enforcement Occupational Health Respiratory Protective Devices Safety
• Keywords:
  CBRN Agents CBRN Respirators Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Agents Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Respirators Emergency Responders Fire Fighters Law Enforcement Officer LEO Nanomaterials Nanoparticles Nanotechnology Respirators Respiratory Protective Equipment

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• ISBN:
  9781351109062
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  NPPTL - National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory ; DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  429-450
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20051612
• Citation:
  Handbook of respiratory protection: safeguarding against current and emerging hazards, 1st edition. Racz L, Yamamoto DP, Eninger RM, eds. London: Taylor & Frances, Ltd., 2017 Nov; :429-450
• Editor(s):
  Racz L; Yamamoto DP; Eninger RM
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Handbook of respiratory protection: safeguarding against current and emerging hazards, 1st edition
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a40906935aca71a461de7435d703c62c8346ebf772bdcff869fc9aaee03270368987b7525875d44047acb43e67a2c7085133be811a4099097a4e0ceeafb88c7d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/211475/cdc_211475_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 336.16 KB ]