Respirator Tolerance

Details

• Personal Author:
  Harber P
• Description:
  Respirator and personal factors affecting tolerance to respirator use were identified. The project evaluated interrelationships among various respirator loads, exercise level, personal characteristics, ventilatory, sensation, respiratory control, and subjective effects. Normal volunteers, industrial workers, and persons with mild respiratory impairment were used in laboratory and field tests on respirators. Flow resistance, dead space and pressure biasing were measured in response to respirator load. Respiratory pattern adaptation was investigated. Personal factors affecting tolerance were studied, including psychophysical load scaling sensitivity, and self rated tolerance. The author concludes that the safe and effective use of respirators necessitates attention to many factors, including personal characteristics and subjective effects. Human panel testing appears to have a major role in the objective evaluation of respirators. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Respiratory Protective Devices Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Grant Personal-protective-equipment Physical-exercise Respirators Respiratory-protection Respiratory-system-disorders Safety-research
• Series:
  Grant Final Reports
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Final Grant Report
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OEP - Office of Extramural Programs
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-25
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00207659
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB92-206085
• Citation:
  Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, R01-OH-002005, 1992 Jan; :1-25
• Contact Point Address:
  Medicine University of California School of Medicine Los Angeles, Calif 90024
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1992
• NORA Priority Area:
  Respirators Research
• Performing Organization:
  University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19840801
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• End Date:
  19970331
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e8be6581a280fac8212995fe7b5d9f889d4697be089bba5859871324d017f916d349668f633a7b5fc39a7900d1f7ca77153e30d87034a77bd265608a331621a3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/217820/cdc_217820_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 882.10 KB ]