Respirators
Personal Protective Equipment Guidelines for Structural Collapse Events, Rand Volume 4
External Link: http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG425/
This monograph serves as a technical source for National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) incident commander guidelines for emergency response immediately following large structural collapse events. It characterizes response activities and expected hazards, and develops guidelines for selecting appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE).
Fact Sheet: What You
Should Know In Deciding Whether to Buy Escape Hoods, Gas Masks, or Other
Respirators for Preparedness at Home and Work
Provides information on what respirators are, how they work, and what
is needed for a respirator to provide protection.
CBRN NIOSH Approved Respirators
How to determine if your SCBA is NIOSH-certified for CBRN Environments.
Suggested Respirator Cleaning and
Sanitation Procedures
Guidance for selecting cleaning equipment and supplies, procedures for
respirator maintenance.
NIOSH Respirator Topic Page
Includes user notices, respirator selection, respirator certification
process, standards and rulemaking.
CBRN Respirator Standards
Development
Information about continuing efforts to develop appropriate standards
and test procedures for all classes of respirators that provide respiratory
protection from CBRN inhalation hazards.
Approval of SCBAs for Emergency
Response Workers in Terrorist Attacks
Includes statement of standard, testing procedures, info for respirator
manufacturers.
Certified Equipment List
Database of all certified respirators and coal mine dust personal sampler
units.
OSHA
/ NIOSH Personal Protective Equipment Selection Matrix for Emergency
Responders
External Link: http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/emergencypreparedness/cbrnmatrix/index.html
NIOSH-DOD-OSHA Sponsored Chemical
and Biological Respiratory Protection Workshop Report
DHHS (NIOSH) Pub. No. 2000-122
Covers hazards associated with chemical and/or biological incidents, responders
and their respiratory protection needs, respirator standards for chemical
and/or biological incident responses, public health and medical community
concerns
NIOSH Guide to the Selection and
Use of Particulate Respirators Certified Under 42 CFR 84
DHHS (NIOSH) Pub. No. 96-101
Explains the federal regulation 42 CFR 84 and provides information about
selecting and using new respirators certified by NIOSH.
Protective
Clothing
A Guide for Evaluating the Performance
of Chemical Protective Clothing
DHHS (NIOSH) Pub. No. 90-109 (June 1990)
Describes methods for an Industrial Hygienist or equivalent safety professional
to select CPC.
NIOSH Protective
Clothing Topic Page
Recommendations for selection, other resources.
Interim Recommendations for
Firefighters and Other First Responders for the Selection and Use of Protective
Clothing and Respirators Against Biological Agents
Recommendations for selecting personal protective equipment for use against
biological agents.
NIOSH Interim Guidance on Personal
Protective Equipment and Clothing for Flood Response Workers
Provides information on hazards to flood cleanup workers, and
guidance for selecting clothing and protective equipment.
Latex Allergy
NIOSH Latex Allergy Topic Page
Includes NIOSH publications on latex allergies and links to other latex
allergy sites.
Eye Safety
Eye Safety - Emergency Response
& Disaster Recovery
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Overview of eye hazards and injuries, types of eye protection, safety
for prescription lens wearers, first aid.
Eye Protection
for Infection Control
Provides background information and specific details on eye protection that can
be used to supplement eye protection recommendations provided in current CDC
infection control guidance documents. It is intended to familiarize workers with
the various types of eye protection available, their characteristics, and their
applicable use.
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