NIOSH Personal Protective Equipment Conformity Assessment Public Meeting
Presentations
Personal Protective Technology Conformity Assessment Working Group Formation and Process pdf icon[PDF – 1.3 MB]external icon
Maryann D’Alessandro, Ph.D., Director, National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory
Summary of Key Conformity Assessment Activities and Examples of U.S. Programs pdf icon[PDF – 333 KB]external icon
Richard W. Metzler, Senior Scientist, National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory
Conformity Assessment Infrastructure pdf icon[PDF – 191 KB]external icon
Lisa Carnahan, US NIST Standards Coordination Office
PPE Conformity Assessment in the EU pdf icon[PDF – 173 KB]external icon
Kristina Peterson, RTI International
Toward a National Framework for Conformity Assessment of Non-respiratory PPT pdf icon[PDF – 1.1 MB]external icon
Maryann D’Alessandro, Ph.D., Director, National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory
At the September 17, 2013 Personal Protective Equipment Conformity Assessment public meeting, breakout sessions were conducted in the following industry sectors:
- Healthcare pdf icon[PDF – 77 KB]external icon
- Mining and Public Safety pdf icon[PDF – 81 KB]external icon
- General Industry pdf icon[PDF – 77 KB]external icon
Each group addressed the five questions listed below:
- Who defines the basic health and safety requirements (BHSRs) for your industry?
- How should the BHSRs be established?
- Who should address what PPE is needed to meet BHSRs?
- Who determines the technical standards that demonstrate the BHSRs are met?
- How are conformity assessment requirements linked to PPE types?
The slides for each of the three breakout sessions summarize the discussions and do not provide complete descriptions of the dialog. If you have any questions, please contact Rich Metzler at rmw0@cdc.gov.