[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 250 (Thursday, December 30, 2010)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-32964]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Stakeholders Meeting To Provide Updates on NIOSH-Funded Research,
Certification and Standards, Educate Participants on Resources To
Reinforce the Proper Use of NIOSH-Certified Respirators, and Explore
Personal Protective Technology Use in Industry Sectors
AGENCY: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH),
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH), Personal Protective Technology (PPT) Program and National
Personal Protective Technology Laboratory (NPPTL) will conduct a
stakeholders meeting to provide updates on NIOSH-funded research,
certification and standards, educate participants on resources to
reinforce the proper use of NIOSH-certified respirators, and explore
personal protective technology use in industry sectors. In addition,
conformity assessment (certification and standards) needs and gaps
relative to the personal protective technology will be discussed at
this meeting.
DATES: The public meeting will be held 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., March 29,
2011.
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held at Hyatt Regency Pittsburgh
International Airport, 1111 Airport Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA 15231,
telephone 724-899-1234.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ed Fries, NPPTL, Office of the
Director, P.O. Box 18070, Pittsburgh, PA 15236, telephone 412-386-6111,
fax 412-386-4951, E-mail npptlevents@cdc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Status: The meeting will be open to the public, limited only by the
space available. The meeting room accommodates approximately 200
people. Preregistration is recommended. This meeting will also be
available through remote access capabilities (Microsoft Live Meeting),
whereby participants simultaneously listen and view presentations over
the internet. This option will be available to participants on a first-
come, first-serve basis and is limited to the first 100 participants.
Preregistration for this option is required.
Instructions: Registration and additional Information is available
on the NIOSH NPPTL Web site, http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl or by
contacting NIOSH NPPTL Office of the Director, P.O. Box 18070,
Pittsburgh, PA 15236, telephone 412-386-6111, fax 412-386-6617, E-mail
npptlevents@cdc.gov.
Background: While this meeting will highlight the personal
protective technology related to the four industries, the information
and technology is relevant and can be transferred to other industries.
Discussions will highlight the following four occupational sectors:
1. Agriculture--Discussions will focus on identifying solutions to
major barriers for appropriate PPE use practices that occur in
pesticide handling in agricultural crop production. Discussions will
use a process flow approach for focusing on each of the critical stages
for PPE use in pesticide handling. Potential barriers and regulations,
such as those identified from brainstorming meetings of the NIOSH PPE
Surveillance and Intervention Program for Agricultural Pesticide
Handlers, that may influence safe performance will be highlighted.
Stakeholders will provide their input, clarify barriers and help
identify solutions for future development. The goal of these
discussions is to bring diverse stakeholders together to discuss
barriers to appropriate PPE use and to jointly formulate and develop
creative solutions.
2. Mining--One session will focus on technologies to improve
current self-contained self-rescuer (SCSR) designs and mine rescue
ensembles. Presentations from researchers, manufacturers, and users
will focus on SCSR design improvements and technologies to address user
needs. The second session will focus on best practices learned from
ensemble users, performance requirements for mine rescue ensembles and
identification of existing limitations and current best practices.
3. Healthcare--PPE use and usability issues in acute care and
community healthcare settings and the alignment of current and
recommended PPT research to narrow knowledge gaps, reduce exposures,
and improve healthcare worker proper use and compliance will be
emphasized. These sessions will explore respiratory protective
equipment use and application issues as well as use and application
issues with other types of PPE commonly used in healthcare, including
integrated ensembles.
4. Public Safety--These sessions will focus on personal protective
technology applications, performance/certification standards and use
related to the fire service and law enforcement communities. Two
breakout sessions will be conducted, one for fire service and one for
law enforcement. The fire service-related breakout session will include
issues and requirements related to the design, certification,
inspection of firefighting personal protection ensembles, and NIOSH
research supporting use of protective ensembles and respiratory
protective equipment by the fire service. The law enforcement breakout
session will address performance requirements and standards for law
enforcement protective ensembles with a focus on CBRN hazards. The CBRN
Protective Ensemble Standard for Law Enforcement released by the
National Institute for Justice in late 2010 will be discussed.
Dated: December 21, 2010.
Tanja Popovic,
Deputy Associate Director for Science, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2010-32964 Filed 12-29-10; 8:45 am]
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