The American Association of Occupational Health Nurses' respiratory protection education program and resources Webkit for occupational health professionals.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Byrd A ; Conway SH ; Delclos GL ; Pompeii L
• Description:
  Organizations are required to adhere to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) Respiratory Protection Standard (29 CFR 1910.134) if they have workers that wear a respirator on the job. They must also have an employee "suitably trained" to administer their program. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and its National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory have worked to champion the occupational health nurse in this role by collaborating with the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses to develop free, online respiratory protection training and resources (RPP Webkit). This article describes the development, content, and success of this training. To date, 724 participants have completed the training, 32.6% of whom lead their organization's respiratory protection program, 15.3% who indicated they will lead a program in the near future, and 52% who did not lead a program, but indicated that the training was relevant to their work. The majority "strongly agreed" the training was applicable to their work and it enhanced their professional expertise. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Education Health Personnel Occupational Health Respiratory Protective Devices Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Respiratory Protection; Respirators; OSHA Respiratory Protection Standard; Respiratory Protection Training; Occupational Health Nurse Training Respiratory Protection; Respirators; Occupational Health Nursing; Nurses; Training Effectiveness; Education; Respiratory Protective Equipment; Standards;
• ISSN:
  2165-0799
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 6 ; Texas
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  64
• Issue:
  12
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20064889
• Citation:
  Workplace Health Saf 2016 Dec; 64(12):564-572
• Contact Point Address:
  Lisa Pompeii, PhD, COHN-S, FAAOHN, Associate Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 1200 Herman Pressler, Houston, Texas 77030
• Email:
  Lisa.pompeii@uth.tmc.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• Performing Organization:
  University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Workplace Health & Safety
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f21713f96af8a05f1a590927c8aeed2df728fe555d26e18666e6f286734ed24f1356fad3f7a76add61b221efae37d1ee995bf6f826ddf523845e66370ff4698f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/249267/cdc_249267_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 203.04 KB ]