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Overview of the National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory
(NPPTL)
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• Office of the Director, NIOSH
• National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory
• Office of Mine Safety and Health Research (OMSHR)
• Office of Extramural Programs (OEP)
• 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 Technology (DART)
• Division of Surveillance Hazard Evaluation and Field Studies (DSHEFS)
• Division of Compensation Analysis and Support (DCAS)
• Research to Practice (r2p)
• Spokane Research Laboratory
NIOSH Divisions & Laboratories
NIOSH Program Portfolio NORA / NIOSH
Industry Sectors (10)
NIOSH
Cross Sector Programs (24)
• Agriculture, forestry, and fishing
• Construction
• Mining
• Healthcare and social assistance
• Public Safety
• Manufacturing
• Services
• Transportation, warehousing, and utilities
• Wholesale and retail trade
• Oil and Gas
• Personal Protective Technology (PPT)
• Health hazard evaluation (HHE)
• Hearing loss prevention
• Respiratory diseases
• Traumatic injury
• Authoritative recommendations development
• Cancer, reproductive, and cardiovascular diseases
• Communications and information dissemination
• Emergency preparedness and response
• Global collaborations
• Immune, dermal and infectious diseases
• Musculoskeletal disorders
• Radiation dose reconstruction
• Training grants
• Work organization and stress-related disorders
• Economics
• Exposure assessment
• Engineering controls
• Worklife initiative
• Occupational health disparities
• Small business assistance and outreach
• Surveillance
• Nanotechnology
• Prevention through design
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• Mission and Vision
• Organizational and Program Structure
• Goals, Initiatives and Metrics
• Strategic Tools
• Resources
NPPTL Overview Checklist
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An estimated 20 million workers use personal protective equipment on a regular basis to protect themselves from job
hazards.
NIOSH NPPTL Program Mission
The MISSION of the NPPTL is to prevent work-related injury, illness and death by advancing the state of knowledge and application of personal protective technologies (PPT).
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NPPTL Office of the Director (OD)NPPTL Office of the Director (OD)
Policy & StandardsDevelopment
Branch
NPPTL Organizational Structure
Surveillance, Communication & Scientific Support
Team
Technology Evaluation Branch
Technology Research Branch
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NPPTL Office of the Director Functions
• Manages activities conducted by the NPPTL and the NIOSH Personal Protective Technology Program and provides the leadership for projects as they are established.
• Leads scientific and programmatic evaluations to provide scientific excellence across the division.
• Leads the activities conducted by the National Academies Committee on PPE (COPPE)
• Leads emergency planning and response activities such as response to mining disasters or threats of pandemic influenza outbreaks.
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• Collect data relevant to work site hazards and worker protection needs
• Conduct surveillance of hazards for which PPT are used
• Study patterns of PPT Use
• Produce and disseminate technical information, research findings, training materials, performance criteria, and recommendations for PPT to improve worker safety.
• Develop and implement public health practice initiatives
Surveillance, Communication, & Scientific Support Team Functions
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• Provide statistical support to other branches within NPPTL for protocol design, data analysis, test and evaluation activities
• Design and maintain the website for NPPTL and the PPT Program
• Implement outreach program for stakeholders within NIOSH sectors
• Provide writing and editing support for NPPTL information products
• Evaluate the effectiveness of training approaches for stakeholders within the NIOSH sectors
Surveillance, Communication, & Scientific Support Team Functions
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• Certify performance, quality, reliability and efficacy of respiratory protection devices in accordance with Department of Health and Human Services 42 CFR, Part 84 Federal Regulation
• Evaluate and maintain official records on NIOSH-approved respirators
• Evaluate quality control plans including manufacturing-site quality system audits
Technology Evaluation Branch Functions
• Monitor the quality and performance of certified respirators
• Evaluate personal protective technologies and equipment
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• Investigation non-conformance issues such as NIOSH approval rescission, product recalls or retrofits, and public notifications of potentially unsafe PPE products
Technology Evaluation Branch Functions
• Investigate field problems associated with NIOSH-certified respirators and other PPE
• Conduct PPT failure investigations and analysis, and recommend criteria to improve PPT
• Recommend user guidelines: cautions, limitations and restrictions of use
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• Develop new and revised standards to set forth into the 42 CFR, Part 84 respirator approval regulations
• Conduct research where needed in order to support new standards, regulations, and policies relating to NIOSH-certified respirators and other PPE
• Assesses research findings; translate them into recommendations for NIOSH policy, regulations, and auditing practices, especially for new PPT or special applications.
Policy and Standards Development Branch Functions
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• Hold public meetings to solicit information concerning user needs and the feasibility for specific technologies
• Participate in national and international PPE standard setting committees and establish a national/international database of relevant standards
• Determine the public financial and legal impacts of Federal regulation revision
• Recommend NIOSH policy relating to respirator approval, including policies for innovative respirator features
Policy and Standards Development Branch Functions
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• Encourage and conduct research related to innovative technologies that can be applied to PPT
• Conduct laboratory and field research to better understand PPT performance, usability, quality, reliability, and efficacy, especially for new or emerging hazards
• Recommend criteria and test methods that will lead to improved PPT
• Investigate emerging hazards and personal exposures to identify worker PPT needs and technology gaps
Technology Research Branch Functions
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• Conduct research for the effective integration of various PPT and equipment
• Recommend performance, usability, quality, reliability, and efficacy criteria for national and international PPT standards and test methods
• Respiratory protection research including anthropometrics
Technology Research Branch Functions
• Study and improve human/PPT interfaces
• Conducts research into the ergonomic, physiologic and psychological stressors and other human factor responses to PPT
NPPTL Year Month Day Initials BRANCH
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Strategic Goals
1) Reduce Exposure to Inhalation Hazards
2) Reduce Exposure to Dermal Hazards
3) Reduce Exposure to Injury Hazards
4) Broad-Based PPT Issues
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NPPTL Functional Statement
1) Provide leadership to NPPTL and the NIOSH PPT Program
2) Conduct a variety of research studies
3) Research and develop criteria, standards and guidelines
4) Manage the NIOSH respirator approval
5) Produce and disseminate research findings, technical information, training
materials, performance criteria, and recommendations
6) Conduct surveillance and promotes proper selection and use of PPT
through guidance and training
7) Develop, study and assess the effectiveness of communications and
training approaches
8) Develop and maintain effective social marketing activities
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Tactics
• Conduct Research on PPT
• Develop Standards for PPT
• Certify Respirators and Evaluate PPT
• Conduct Surveillance
• Conduct Outreach
• Evaluate and Assess Programs & Activities
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NPPTL and PPT Program Logic Model
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Production Inputs
Inputs
Planning Inputs
Surveillance Data
Sector-cross sectorCoordination
External Factors
NAS COPPE
Stakeholders
Evaluations Ou
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r2p
Respirator Certification
Policy and Standards
Communications
Current Activities
Research
Surveillance
Performance Metrics and Measures
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Emergency Response
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NPPTL Resource and Reference Links
Trusted-Source Information Page: http://www.knowits.niosh.gov
Approved Respirator list: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/topics/respirators/disp_part/default.html
Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/npptl
Subscribe to our listserv for the latest PPT News: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/sub-NPPTL.html
Photo courtesy of Dupont
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Thank you
Visit Us at: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/programs/ppt/
Disclaimer: The findings and conclusions in this presentation have not been formally disseminated by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and should not be construed to represent any agency determination or policy.