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NPPTL Announcements

NIOSH Public Meeting Announcement

July 7, 2009

SUBJECT: The National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory is holding a public meeting on Thursday, September 17, 2009

Topics that will be discussed are respirator standards development projects for:

  1. Supplied-Air Respirators (SAR)
  2. Air-Fed Ensembles
  3. Total Inward Leakage (TIL) Test for Respirators Other than Filtering Facepiece and Half Mask

The location of this meeting is the Hyatt Regency Pittsburgh International Airport, 1111 Airport Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA 15231. Registration will begin at 7:45 AM with the meeting starting at 8:30 AM. Interested parties should make hotel reservations directly with the hotel by calling 800-233-1234 before the room cut-off date of September 2, 2009. You must reference the NIOSH room block to receive the special group rate of $114 per night.

This meeting will also be available via Live Meeting Conferencing. This service provides remote access capability for participants to listen in and view the presentations over the internet simultaneously. Remote participants will have the opportunity to ask questions during the open comment period. To register for Live Meeting Conferencing participation, please contact Charlene Jennings at 412-386-6736. This option will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis and is limited to 50 participants.

Additional information related to this meeting will be provided as we get closer to the meeting date on the NPPTL website.

You may register electronically or you can download the Adobe PDF form and fax it to 412-386-4089.

PDF file Printable version of the Draft Agenda in PDF format. (9 KB 1 page)

Printer friendly versions of the Presentations for the September 17, 2009 Respirator Public Meeting

Overview
Adobe acrobat icon PDF (122 KB, 11 pages)

Supplied Air Respirators
Adobe acrobat icon PDF (39 KB, 3 pages)

Supplied-Air Respirator (SAR) Conceptual Standard
Adobe acrobat icon PDF (263 KB, 30 pages)

Supplied-Air Respirator (SAR) Airsource Systems
Adobe acrobat icon PDF (198 KB, 15 pages)

New CO2 Dead Space Test System Final Correlation Test Results
Adobe acrobat icon PDF (113 KB, 15 pages)

Panel Discussion: Supplied-Air Respirator (SAR)
Adobe acrobat icon PDF (45 KB, 9 pages)

Air-Fed Ensembles
Adobe acrobat icon PDF (48 KB, 7 pages)

Concept for NIOSH Certification of Air-Fed Ensembles
Adobe acrobat icon PDF (344 KB, 27 pages)

Physiological Responses to Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide in the Breathing Environment
Adobe acrobat icon PDF (815 KB, 30 pages)

Savannah River Site Supplied-Air Suits
Adobe acrobat icon PDF (401 KB, 18 pages)

Panel Discussion: Air-Fed Ensembles
Adobe acrobat icon PDF (39 KB, 10 pages)

Total Inward Leakage (TIL) for Respirators other than Filtering Facepiece Respirators and Half Masks
Adobe acrobat icon PDF (39 KB, 3 pages)

Concept Plan: Total Inward Leakage Program (for Respirators other than Filtering Facepieces and Half-masks)
Adobe acrobat icon PDF (97 KB, 19 pages)

Respirator Models to Analyze Sensor Placement and Fit
Adobe acrobat icon PDF (4.3 MB, 35 pages)

Ultrasound in Respirators: Concept and Initial Results
Adobe acrobat icon PDF (466 KB, 21 pages)

Panel Discussion: Total Inward Leakage Program(for Respirators other than Filtering Facepieces and Half-masks)
Adobe acrobat icon PDF (36 KB, 4 pages)

Wrap-Up
Adobe acrobat icon PDF (80 KB, 7 pages)

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Page last updated: September 14, 2009
Page last reviewed: July 2, 2009
Content Source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Division National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory