Warning properties in respirator selection.

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  The rationale for employing warning properties as a criterion in respirator selection is evaluated and guidelines are proposed for the evaluation of warning properties. Odor may be used when the minimum identifiable odor is above the threshold limit value, significantly below the toxic concentration, and the substance does not cause anosmia. Respiratory irritation is the only physiological effect that could safely be used as a warning property, but it must be manifested at levels which have no other harmful effects. Reliance on warning properties is considered to be an undesirable limitation of the use of air-purifying respirators; an effective end of sorbent life indicators should be developed. (Contract No. 210- 75-0080) [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no PDF
• Subjects:
  Hazardous Substances Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  Personal-protective-equipment; Toxic-gases; Protection; Exposure-limits; Safety-measures; NIOSH-Publication; Contract-210-75-0080
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Final Contract Report
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-60
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00068601
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB82196312
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1975 Dec; :1-60
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1976
• Performing Organization:
  Arthur D. Little, Inc.,
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Arthur D. Little, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, Submitted to NIOSH under Contract No. 210-75-0080, 60 pages, 45 references
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/241995/cdc_241995_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]