Respiratory protective equipment

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 423-428

  Howie, R M ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BREATHING APPARATUS; HUMAN; HYGIENE; JOB PERFORMANCE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 20044393823     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2002.004424     Document Type: Review

References (10)

1. Commission of the European Communities. Council Directive of 21 June 1989 on the Introduction of Measures to Encourage Improvements in the Safety and Health of Workers at Work. 89/391/EEC. Brussels: CEC, 1989. Framework Directive is the basis for all current European Directives relating to health and safety in the workplace. The most interesting text in any Directive is the introductory "whereas" section which identifies the objects the Directive hopes to achieve.
2. Health and Safety Executive. Fit testing of respiratory protective equipment facepieces, Information Document 282/28. Sudbury: HSE Books, 2003. Gives guidance an how to carry out fit tests or RPE.
3. Howie RM, Johnstone JBG, Weston P, et al. Effectiveness of RPE during asbestos removal work. HSE CRR No. 112/1996. Sudbury: HSE Books, 1996. Describes the major UK workplace study on power assisted filter devices. The results obtained led directly to BS 4275.
4. British Standards Institution. Guide to implementing an effective respiratory protective device programme. BS 4275:1997. London: BSI, 2001. Gives the background to the setting of APF and outlines the limitations of the data which were available. Basis of HSG, 53:1998.5.
5. Commission for European Normalisation/British Standards Institution. Respiratory protective devices - Full face masks - Requirements, testing, marking. BSEN 130:1998. Brussels: CEN, 1998.
6. Health and Safety Executive. Respiratory protective equipment, a practical guide for users. Health and Safety Series Booklet HSG 53:1998 Sudbury: HSE Books, 1998. HSG 53 is based on BS 4275:2001 but very substantially less expensive to buy.
7. Johnston AM, Miller BG, George JPK, et al. Investigation of factors affecting the performance of power-assisted full-facepiece respirators in use. HSE CRR No. 282/2000. Sudbury: HSE Books, 2000.
8. Cohen HJ, Hecker LH, Mattheis DK, et al. Simulated workplace protection factor study of powered air-purifying and supplied air respirators. Am Ind Hyg Assoc J 2001;62:595-604.
9. Parker JA, Crump KE, King JH, et al. Protection factors studies of abrasive blasting respirators in simulated and actual workplace environments. In: Abstracts for 1997 American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition. Abstract No. 55. Fairfax, VA: AIHA, 1997.
10. Health and Safety Commission. Draft Approved Code of Practice for the Control of Carcinogenic Substances. London: HMSO, 1988.