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Assessment of the NIOSH Head-and-Face Anthropometric Survey of U.S. Respirator Users (2007)

Chapter: Appendix C 2001 NIOSH Protocol and 2004 NIOSH-Sponsored Anthrotech Report

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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C 2001 NIOSH Protocol and 2004 NIOSH-Sponsored Anthrotech Report." Institute of Medicine. 2007. Assessment of the NIOSH Head-and-Face Anthropometric Survey of U.S. Respirator Users. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11815.
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2001 NIOSH Protocol and 2004 NIOSH-Sponsored Anthrotech Report: A Head-and-Face Anthropometric Survey of United States Respirator Users

In 2001 NIOSH contracted Anthrotech, Inc., to perform a comprehensive anthropometric study of respirator users in the United States workforce and to propose new fit-test face panels based on their findings. To accomplish these aims, Anthrotech recruited 4,026 subjects from 41 different sites in eight states. The subjects were employed in various industries and organizations that required either the regular or the occasional use of respirators. Each subject was measured for 21 dimensions, such as menton-sellion length, bizygomatic breadth, and lip length using traditional anthropometric tools. Based on the data collected, Anthrotech proposed two new panels for half- and full-face respirator fit testing. The results of this survey and the analysis that followed were detailed in the 2004 Anthrotech report to NIOSH “A Head-and-Face Anthropometric Survey of U.S. Respirator Users.”

A complete version on the 2001 NIOSH protocol and the 2004 Anthrotech report to NIOSH may be found by viewing Appendix C at the following website: http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11815.html.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C 2001 NIOSH Protocol and 2004 NIOSH-Sponsored Anthrotech Report." Institute of Medicine. 2007. Assessment of the NIOSH Head-and-Face Anthropometric Survey of U.S. Respirator Users. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11815.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C 2001 NIOSH Protocol and 2004 NIOSH-Sponsored Anthrotech Report." Institute of Medicine. 2007. Assessment of the NIOSH Head-and-Face Anthropometric Survey of U.S. Respirator Users. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11815.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C 2001 NIOSH Protocol and 2004 NIOSH-Sponsored Anthrotech Report." Institute of Medicine. 2007. Assessment of the NIOSH Head-and-Face Anthropometric Survey of U.S. Respirator Users. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11815.
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NIOSH and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) share responsibility for overseeing respiratory protection in the workplace and have established regulations for this purpose. Specifically, NIOSH has issued regulations which define respirator testing and certification. OSHA has issued regulations which define conditions under which employers are required to maintain respiratory protection programs in general industry, shipyards, marine terminals, and construction.

In 2005, NIOSH contracted with the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to study the NIOSH-sponsored Anthrotech study along with its supporting information and reports, and to examine and report on the adequacy and relevance of the study protocol, the analyses conducted, the resulting anthropometric dataset, and the appropriateness of the respirator fit-test panels derived from the new dataset.

Assessment of the NIOSH Head-and-Face Anthropometric Survey of U.S. Respirator Users focuses on the establishment of the scientific base required for certification standards of respirators, not their use in the workplace. This report describes and analyzes the anthropometric measurements performed by Anthrotech for its NIOSH-sponsored study. This report looks at the survey methods used by Anthrotech in the study, and examines how Anthrotech analyzed its data to derive fit-test panels and suggests some ways that analysis could be improved. This report discusses future directions, pointing toward further analyses of the data and offers suggestions for moving from research to practice.

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