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  • Title: OSHA's new respiratory protection standard. Applicability to the worksite.
    Author: Rink GS.
    Journal: AAOHN J; 1998 Dec; 46(12):569-73. PubMed ID: 10025249.
    Abstract:
    1. OSHA's new Respiratory Protection Standard requires employers to fully comply with its provisions by October 5, 1998 though a 90 day enforcement extension has been granted since the Standard's issuance. 2. The Standard specifies many new minimum requirements for protecting the health and safety of respirator users. A critical determinant of excellence in respiratory protection will be the thoroughness with which the mandated written program addresses essential worksite applications. 3. Highlights of the Standard include a mandatory medical questionnaire (or equivalent examination) for all (voluntary and nonvoluntary) respirator users (with the exception of voluntary filtering facepiece users), expanded respirator fit testing protocols, information/training provisions, and program evaluation requirements.
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