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NIOSH guide to industrial respiratory protection.

Authors
NIOSH
Source
Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 87-116, 1987 Sep; :1-304
Link
https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/87-116/
NIOSHTIC No.
00177545
Abstract
A guide was presented for providing users of respiratory protective equipment with a single source of pertinent information. Selection, use, and maintenance of respiratory protective devices available in 1987 were covered. Topics included types of respirators (respiratory inlet coverings, air purifying respirators, and atmosphere supplying respirators); respirator selection (based on regulatory requirements, general selection information, NIOSH respirator decision logic, and NIOSH Certified Equipment List); use of respirators according to Federal regulatory requirements; responsibility of employer and employee in a respiratory protection program; elements of a program (administration and components of the total program); respirator use under special conditions (facial hair, eye glasses, contact lenses, facial deformation, communication, dangerous atmospheres, low and high temperatures, and physiological response to respirator use); and new developments at NIOSH concerning respiratory physiology, filtration mechanics, sorption technology, quantitative respirator efficiency testing, certification of new types of respirators, and NIOSH respirator problem investigation. Appendices provided a sample respirator program, fit testing procedures, selected NIOSH respirator user notices, sample Mine Safety and Health Administration/NIOSH approval labels, respirator decision logic, and breathing air systems for use with pressure demand supplied air respirators in asbestos (1332214) removal.
Keywords
NIOSH-Author; Personal-protective-equipment; Safety-equipment; Safety-measures; Industrial-safety; Respiratory-protection; Health-protection; Respiratory-protective-equipment
CAS No.
1332-21-4
Publication Date
19870901
Document Type
Numbered Publication
Fiscal Year
1987
NTIS Accession No.
PB88-188347
NTIS Price
A15
Identifying No.
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 87-116
NIOSH Division
DSR
Source Name
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
State
WV
Page last reviewed: May 11, 2023
Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Education and Information Division