Criteria for the Collection of Useful Respirator Performance Data in the Workplace.
Workplace protection factors (WPFs) are intended to measure the ability of a respiratory protective device (RPD) to reduce contaminant exposure when used in the context of an effective respiratory protection program. In 1992, members of the American Industrial Hygiene Association Respiratory Protect...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Occupational & Environmental Hygiene Vol. 11; no. 4; pp. 218 - 227 |
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| Formato: | equations & formulas research Journal Article |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Apr2014
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=104040897&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 104040897 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 15459624 V1L jtl: Journal of Occupational & Environmental Hygiene issn: 15459624 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Apr2014 vid: 11 iid: 4 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania artinfo: ui: 104040897 94723874 10.1080/15459624.2013.852282 NLM24579751 104040897 ppf: 218 ppct: 9 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Criteria for the Collection of Useful Respirator Performance Data in the Workplace. aug: au: Janssen, Larry Zhuang, Ziqing Shaffer, Ronald affil: Larry Janssen Consulting, LLC, Stillwater, Minnesota sug: subj: Respiratory Protective Devices Product Evaluation Protocols Occupational Exposure Prevention and Control Human Minnesota Quality Control (Technology) Particulate Matter Gases ab: Workplace protection factors (WPFs) are intended to measure the ability of a respiratory protective device (RPD) to reduce contaminant exposure when used in the context of an effective respiratory protection program. In 1992, members of the American Industrial Hygiene Association Respiratory Protection Committee (RPC) published a review of important issues and considerations for measuring respirator performance in the workplace. The RPC recognized that respirator testing in workplaces can have a variety of objectives and endpoints, and that not all workplace measurements are WPFs. That paper addressed concerns in the general categories of 1) study objectives; 2) site selection; 3) subject selection and preparation; 4) sampling and analytical methods; and 5) data analysis. No specific protocol for measuring WPFs was recommended by the RPC, and attempts to reach a U.S. consensus on a WPF protocol since 1992 have not succeeded. Numerous studies have implemented the principles for WPF measurement described in the RPC paper. Modifications to the original recommendations have been made to reflect the current state of the art. This article describes what has been learned in recent years in each of the five categories identified in the 1992 discussion. Because of the wide variety of workplaces and work activities, contaminants and respiratory protective devices, a strict protocol is not appropriate for collecting WPF data. Rather, the minimum requirements for the collection and presentation of meaningful respirator performance data in the workplace are described. Understanding of these principles will permit useful RPD performance data to be generated. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: equations & formulas research Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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