FrontMatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Summary -- 1 A Significant Undertaking -- 2 A Program in Transformation -- 3 The Survey of Respirator Use and Practices: A Learning Experience -- 4 Lessons Learned -- 5 Planning for the Future -- Appendixes -- Appendix A Statement of Task -- Appendix B Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff -- Appendix C Meeting Agenda -- Appendix D Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Appendix E Interagency Agreement between CDC/NIOSH and BLS
Summary
"As part of a multifaceted look at the inherited and evolving portfolio of the National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory (NPPTL), the laboratory asked the National Academies to undertake a special look at the informational underpinnings of the NPPTL program to promote effective use of respirator equipment in the workplace. The primary focus of the committee inquiry was to be on a landmark survey conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)--the 2001 Survey of Respirator Use and Practices (SRUP)."--Page 1
