Respirator research, where it needs to go.

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• Personal Author:
  Froines JR
• Description:
  The directions in which NIOSH will move in the 1980's are explored, with particular emphasis on respirator programs and research. The growth of interest in occupational safety and health in the United States since passage of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 and the potential effects of the current antiregulatory mood are discussed. Compliance experience with respect to respirators is reviewed. Problems contributing to worker criticism of respirators are identified and methods which could be used to encourage worker acceptance of respirators are presented. Ways in which OSHA and NIOSH have contributed to the lack of innovative respirator research and development of more acceptable respirators are discussed. Major respirator research priorities are identified. The author concludes that the most important research needs are evaluation of the effectiveness and limitations of current respiratory protection programs in general, evaluation of the effectiveness of respirators under actual use conditions, and increased research with respect to positive pressure respirators. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Respiratory Protective Devices Safety
• Keywords:
  Industrial-hygiene; Personal-protective-equipment; Safety-equipment; Respiratory-protective-equipment; Respiratory-protection
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-14
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00123891
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1980 Sep; :1-14
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1980
• NORA Priority Area:
  Research Tools and Approaches: Control Technology and Personal Protective Equipment
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Papers from the NIOSH International Respirator Research Workshop, September 9-11, 1980, Division of Safety Research, NIOSH, Morgantown, WV
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/241494/cdc_241494_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]