NIOSH NPPTL PPT Program Stakeholder Meeting and Workshop, March 20-21, 2012

Presentations and Posters from the Personal Protective Equipment Selection, Use, and Expectations: PPT Stakeholder Meeting and Workshop

Note: The links below go to websites outside of CDC/NIOSH.

Information for the PPT Program and NPPTL Stakeholder Meeting, March 20 - 21, 2012

Attendee List

Meeting Handout

Presentations

List of Presentations

General

• NPPTL History Overview
• Welcome and Opening
• Innovative Approaches to Knowledge Sharing in Public Health
• A case example of PPE Selection and Use in the Hospital Environment
• PPE Selection, Use and Expectations from an Industry Perspective

Sectors

Healthcare

• Healthcare Respiratory Protection Programs: Effective Strategies and Continuing Challenges
• REACH MN & IL
• Healthcare Break Out Session 1
• Healthcare Break Out Session 2
• Respirator Use Evaluation in California Acute Care Hospitals II
• Pilot Test of a Resource Toolkit for Program Administrators
• REACH II: Michigan Data
• Respiratory Protection with PPE of Health Care Workers Project

Mining

• Physiologic Aspects of Switching SCSRs in an IDLH Atmosphere
• Dräger SCSR/SCBA Mining System (not available for public release)
• Cryogenic Life Support System
• Future Technologies for Breathing Air Systems
• Smart BA
• SCSR Capacity
• Novel Knee Protection for Miners
• Clear, Sensible Effective SCSR Training: For a new, High-Performance Device, Information Design Augments Safety and Usability
• Light-emitting diode (LED) cap lamp research
• Light-emitting diode (LED) cap lamp research (Video presentation)
• Mining Breakout Overview and Introduction

Pesticide Handlers

• Pesticide Handlers Breakout Session 1- Improving the Ability to Identify Correct Pesticide PPE to Purchase
• Pesticide Handlers Breakout Session 2 - Improving Universal Safety Culture

Public Safety

• NIOSH Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program
• SCBA Facepiece Presentation
• Morgantown Transition: Protective Clothing and SCBA FFFIPP Investigations
• Improved Criteria for Emergency Medical Protective Clothing

Workshop Presentations

Fit Test

• Understanding Respirator Fit Testing

Hearing Loss

• Protect Your Hearing: Understanding Hearing Loss

Heat Stress

• Heat Stress Workshop Combined Presentation

CBRN

• 3rd Civil Support Team
• Division of Equipment & Supply - Air Mask Section
• Session #1 & #2
• Fire & Emergency Services (not available for public release)
• Respiratory Protection
• Pennsylvania Task Force One (PA-TF1) FEMA Urban Search & Rescue
• Mass Human Chemical Decontamination

Pesticide Handlers ( Workshop Description )

• Part 1: Integrating “Clicker” Technology and a Motivational Message into Pesticide Applicator Training to Improve Adoption of Recommended Safety Practices
• Part 2: Hands-On Training Technique: People Learn By Doing
• Part 3: Videos in Pesticide Safety Training related to the use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Posters

Poster Abstract Handout

List of Posters

Healthcare

1. Relationship between safety climate, demographics and respiratory protection policies and practices in acute care hospitals
2. Know It’s NIOSH Approved
3. Developing the Nonrespiratory Personal Protective Equipment Conformity Assessment Framework for the Nation
4. Respiratory Protection and Influenza-laden Cough Aerosols in a Simulated Medical Examination Room
5. Scoring hospitals using written respiratory protection programs and survey responses based on the OSHA respiratory protection standard
6. Occupational Health Nurses and Respiratory Protection Competency
7. Development and Characterization of a New Test System to Challenge Personal Protective Equipment with Virus-Containing Particles
8. 6-Year Trends in Healthcare Personnel Exposures to Respiratory Infectious Hazards
9. Metrics for Use in Evaluation of Hospital Respirator Programs
10. Laboratory Study to Assess Causative Factors Affecting Temporal Changes in Filtering-Facepiece Respirator Fit: Part III – Two Year Assessment of Fit Changes

Mining

1. Mine Rescue Ensembles for Underground Coal Mining
2. Comparison of current versus proposed SCSR regulations
3. Closed-Circuit Escape Respirator (CCER) breathing gas capacity - uses and limitations
4. Advancing Respiratory Protective Device Technology through Breathing Gas Chemical Research
5. CO Oxidation Catalysts for Respiratory Protection (Not available due to Proprietary information)

Pesticide Handlers

1. Utilization of Poison Control Center data and local health department infrastructure to address improper use of PPE among migrant workers: A proposed approach
2. Oregon OSHA’s Pesticide Emphasis Program: Personal Protective Equipment for Pesticide Handlers
3. Respiratory Protection Regulation for Pesticide Handlers: The California Model
4. Promoting pesticide applicator exposure reduction through outreach education
5. Emphasizing the need to select different PPE for different pesticide products and their uses during training
6. Predictors of Personal Protective Equipment Compliance among Farm Youth
7. Pesticide Safety on the Farm: Montana Private Applicator Behavioral Trends
8. Current Pesticide Education Trends Across North Carolina
9. Personal Protective Technology Use Among North Carolina Farms Applying Soil Fumigants
10. Fit Testing of Pesticide Applicators Respiratory Protection

Public Safety

1. Responder Knowledge Base – The Emergency Responder Decision Support Tool For PPE
2. NIOSH Assistance to the FEMA Center for Domestic Preparedness
3. Thermal manikin testing and thermal model predictions as tools to assess the physiological impact of the Total Heat Loss Test
4. Update on Personal Protective Equipment Recommendations for Responses to Bacillus anthracis (anthrax)
5. Web-based Marketing of Alternative-sized PPE for a Diverse Workforce
6. A Magnetic Passive Aerosol Sampler for Measuring Particle Penetration through Protective Clothing Materials
7. Firefighter Anthropometry for Fire Apparatus and Equipment Design
8. NIOSH Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program
9. Limitations of Current NIOSH/OSHA Decompression Tables For Caission and Tunnel Workers
10. The Effects of Flow Rate, Back Pressure, and Cell Design on Permeation Testing Result
11. Assessing Safety Behaviors in Florida Firefighters
12. Physiological Evaluation of Air-Fed Ensembles during Treadmill Exercise
13. Cooling System for Hazmat Suits (Not available due to Proprietary information)