Respirator research - where it needs to go.

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• Personal Author:
  Held BJ
• Description:
  A discussion of past and current research relating to respirators is presented. The adversary atmosphere in which current research relating to respiratory protection takes place is described. The need for a better exchange of information among professional organizations involved in respiratory protection research and for broader based advisory committees for research organizations is discussed. The lack of adequate research in the practical aspects of respirator use is described. The need for new approaches to respiratory protection generally is mentioned. Ways in which test and approval schedules in the United States could and should be improved are discussed. The author recommends that respirator research during the 1980's attempt to reverse the adversary atmosphere of respiratory protection efforts, improve communications between organizations and countries, collect and analyze all research and development of the past decade in order to use and refine it, set research and development priorities, coordinate current research, and expand input sources in an effort to develop new and better ways to provide respiratory protection. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Respiratory Protective Devices Safety
• Keywords:
  Safety-engineering; Equipment-design; Personal-protective-equipment; Safety-equipment; Respiratory-protection; Respiratory-protective-equipment
• 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:
  43-47
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00123896
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1980 Sep; :43-47
• 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/241499/cdc_241499_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]