LEADER 03836nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910781009003321 005 20230725051814.0 010 $a0-309-21096-8 010 $a1-283-04457-9 010 $a9786613044570 010 $a0-309-15856-7 035 $a(CKB)2550000000031969 035 $a(EBL)3378754 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000509205 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11323754 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000509205 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10563378 035 $a(PQKB)11194972 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3378754 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3378754 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10459090 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL304457 035 $a(OCoLC)923283249 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000031969 100 $a20101215d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aCertifying personal protective technologies$b[electronic resource] $eimproving worker safety /$fCommittee on the Certification of Personal Protective Technologies; Board on Health Sciences Policy; Howard J. Cohen and Catharyn T. Liverman, editors 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cNational Academies Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (167 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-309-15855-9 327 $a""Front Matter""; ""Reviewers""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Acronyms""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Role of Government Agencies in Conformity Assessment""; ""3 Current PPT Conformity Assessment Processes""; ""4 Impact and Issues in Conformity Assessment for PPT""; ""5 Conformity Assessment for Non-Respirator PPT: A Risk-Based Framework""; ""6 Findings and Recommendations""; ""7 Toward a Comprehensive Approach to Safe and Effective PPT for Workers""; ""Appendix A: Agendas of Public Meetings""; ""Appendix B: Workshop Participants"" 327 $a""Appendix C: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members"" 330 $aWhen you purchase a product, you expect it to work. Construction workers on high-rise buildings need to be confident that their safety harnesses will arrest a fall. Firefighters need to know that their gloves and other protective equipment can withstand high temperatures. Healthcare workers administering highly toxic chemotherapy agents need to know that their gloves will withstand penetration. For personal protective technologies (PPT)--where the major purpose of the product is to protect the wearer against a hazard--a deficit in product effectiveness can mean injury, illness, or death. Examining the extent to which products meet specific performance or design criteria is the focus of conformity assessment efforts. For PPT conformity assessment, the ultimate goal is preventing worker illness, injury, or death from hazardous working conditions. This book focuses on conformity assessment for occupational PPT--ensuring that PPT are effective in preventing or reducing hazardous exposures or situations that workers face in their jobs. Because respirators already have an extensive testing and conformity assessment process in place, this book specifically addresses conformity assessment processes for other types of PPT, including eye and face protection, gloves, hearing protectors, and protective clothing.--Publisher's description. 606 $aIndustrial safety 606 $aOperations research 615 0$aIndustrial safety. 615 0$aOperations research. 676 $a620.86 701 $aCohen$b Howard J.$f1949-$01463491 701 $aLiverman$b Catharyn T$01086332 712 02$aNational Academies Press (U.S.) 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781009003321 996 $aCertifying personal protective technologies$93672765 997 $aUNINA