Transcript NIOSH-Personal Protective Technology Program (NPPTL)

NIOSH Personal Protective
Technology Program
March , 2010
Maryann D’Alessandro, PhD
Associate Director of Science
IOM
COPPETechnology
Meeting Laboratory
NIOSH – National Personal
Protective
November 10, 2009
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Agenda
 PPT Program and NPPTL
Background
 Surveillance Initiative
 Agriculture Surveillance
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NIOSH Divisions & Laboratories
 Division of Respiratory Disease
Studies (DRDS)
 Division of Safety Research (DSR)
 Health Effects Laboratory Division
(HELD)
 Education and Information Division
(EID)
 Division of Applied Research and
 Office of the Director, NIOSH
 Office of Extramural Programs
 Pittsburgh Research Laboratory
(PRL)
 National Personal Protective
Technology Laboratory
(NPPTL)
Technology (DART)
 Division of Surveillance Hazard
Evaluation and Field Studies
(DSHEFS)
 Office of Compensation Analysis
and Support (OCAS)
 Research to Practice (r2p)
 Spokane Research Laboratory
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NIOSH Program Portfolio
NORA / NIOSH
NIOSH Cross Sector Programs (N=24)
Industry Sectors (N=8)
• Agriculture, forestry, and
fishing
• Construction
• Healthcare and social
assistance
• Mining
 Oil & Gas Extraction
• Manufacturing
• Services
• Authoritative
recommendations
development
• Cancer, reproductive,
cardiovascular,
neurological & renal
diseases
• Communications and
information dissemination
• Emergency
preparedness/response
• Radiation dose
deconstruction
• Respiratory diseases
• Training grants
• Traumatic injury
• Work organization and
stress-related disorders
• Economics
• Exposure assessment
 Public Safety
• Transportation,
warehousing, and utilities
• Global collaborations
• Engineering controls
• Health hazard evaluation
(HHE)
• Work life initiative
• Wholesale and retail trade
• Hearing loss prevention
• Occupational health
disparities
• Immune, dermal and
infectious diseases
• Small business assistance
and outreach
• Musculoskeletal disorders
• Surveillance
• Personal Protective
Technology (PPT)
• Nanotechnology
• Prevention through design
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PPT Program
Surveillance
Outreach
PPE
Workplace
needs
Surveillance
Outreach
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NIOSH PPT / NPPTL
Vision & Mission
The VISION is to be the leading provider of quality, relevant, and timely
PPT research, training, and evaluation.
The MISSION of the PPT program is to prevent work-related injury,
illness and death by advancing the state of knowledge and application
of personal protective technologies (PPT).
PPT in this context is defined as the technical methods, processes, techniques, tools, and materials
that support the development and use of personal protective equipment worn by individuals to
reduce the effects of their exposure to a hazard.
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NIOSH PPT Program
Relevance and Impact
Mine Escape Issues
CBRN Issues
• Mine Emergency Respirator
Investigations
• Respirator Standards
• New Technology Research
• CBRN PPT Research
• Escape Respirator Research
• Respirator Certification
• Escape Respirator
• NFPA/IAFF Collaboration
Standards
• MSHA Collaboration
Nanotechnology Issues
• Filtration Research
• Protective Clothing Research
• Respirator Research
• Respirator Certification
• Workplace Guidance
Development
• TSWG IAA
• OSHA Collaboration
Pandemic Issues
• N95 Respirator Research
• Standards (Total Inward
Leakage)
• Certification
• FDA Collaboration
• National Academies
Activities
• Pandemic Planning and
Response
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NPPTL & NIOSH PPE/PPT Program Activities
Scientific
Excellence
 Surveillance
PPT
Program
Management
Site
 Program Evaluations
 Respirator Certification
Program
 Quality Audit Program
 Certified Product
Investigations
 Firefighter SCBA
Investigations
 Long-term Field Evaluation
 Health Communications
 Respirator Trusted Source
 Scientific evaluations
Technology
Evaluation
Outreach
Policy & Standards
Development
 Enhancements to 42 CFR
Part 84
 Chemical, Biological,
Radiological, and Nuclear
(CBRN) Respirator
Standards Development
 Guidance Document
Development
Technology
Research
 Respiratory Protection
 Protective Clothing &
Ensembles
 Integration of Sensors
& Electronics
 Human Performance
 Fall Protection
 Hearing Protection
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NIOSH Respirator Certification is the
cornerstone of PPT Program activities
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NIOSH Respirator Certifications
 Approximately 300 NIOSH respirator
certifications are issued each year
 90 manufacturers
 102 manufacturing sites
 18 countries
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NIOSH Respirator Certification
42 CFR Part 84
 Respirator Certification
 Engineering Evaluation
 Respirator Testing
 QA Plan Evaluation
 Post Certification
 Manufacturing Site Audits
 Respirator Product Audits
 Respirator Evaluations
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Post Certification Programs
 Manufacturer Site Audits
 Certified Product Audits
• Extended Testing (Default Testing) Policy
 Certified Product Investigation
 Firefighter SCBA Evaluation
 SCSR Long Term Field Evaluation
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The PPT Program establishes
performance criteria to update and
develop standards to ensure PPE evolves
with technology.
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Policy & Standards Development
 CBRN Respirator
Standards
 Powered Air Purifying
Respirator (PAPR)
Standard
 Mine Escape Respirator
Standard
 Quality Assurance
Provisions
 Total Inward Leakage
Requirements
 Consensus Standards
 Guidance Documents
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Updates to 42 CFR Part 84
Current Status
 Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)
• Quality Assurance Module (published as NPRM, comment period ended
10/09/2009)
• Closed Circuit Escape Respirator (CCER) (final rule being developed)
• Total Inward Leakage (TIL) for Air-Purifying Particulate Respirators
(includes filtering facepiece respirators [FFR]) (proposed rule published in
FR, Public meeting Dec 3, 2009, comments accepted until Dec 29, 2009)
 Concepts under Development
• Closed Circuit SCBA (CC-SCBA)
• Powered Air-Purifying Respirators (PAPR)
• Supplied Air Respirators (SAR)
• Air Fed Ensembles
• TIL for Other Respirator Classes
PPT Program Goal - develop two NPRM per year
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The PPT Program conducts research to better
understand and improve worker protection
provided by PPT including:
 Application of new technologies
 Science based interventions
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PPT Program Research
 Respiratory
Protection
 Sensors &
Electronics –
Integration with PPT
 Protective Clothing
& Ensembles
 Human Performance
 Fall protection
harnesses
 Hearing protection
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The PPT Program is developing new and
enhancing existing surveillance
activities.
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PPT Surveillance
 Construction intervention studies
 Development of PPE Surveillance Module for
pesticide-related PPE in Agriculture
 Collaboration with CDPH
• Surveys and Observational assessments
of General Acute Care Facilities
 Pilot to develop PPE Demonstration and
Sentinel System in Healthcare
• Build upon Vanderbilt Occupational
Health Information System (VOHIS)
 NIOSH-wide involvement in surveillance
activities
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NIOSH PPT Program
Visit Us at: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/programs/ppt/
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/default.html
Thank you
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