AIHA University Webinar: Why Work Rate Matters in Respirator Selection: How Negative Pressure Respirators Affect Breathing
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While laboratory tests indicate the physiological effects of respirator use, there is no substitute for workplace studies where the study participants are seasoned RPE users and evaluated performing their normal work duties. This webinar will cover the research focused on the evaluation of physiological effects from the use of negative pressure respirators commonly in workplaces via a series of studies in an Australian Smelter.
Learning Objectives
After this webinar, participants will be able to:
- Outline new ISO standards: ISO/TS 16976 Respiratory Protective Devices (RPD's)
- Explore research that has been conducted within a controlled laboratory setting and based on a simulation of workplace activities.
- Examine the significant gap in workplace evaluation of the physiological burden of respirator use and the evaluation of real-time breathing rates for negative pressure RPD's in a workplace environment.
- Discuss results that were compared with current medical guidelines including the Physiologically acceptable levels of Work of Breathing guidelines in ISO/TS 16976 series standards.
Presenter
Jane L. Whitelaw, FAIOH, COH, CIH
Jane is a Certified Occupational Hygienist (COH), Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) and Fellow of the Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists (FAIOH). She had over 25 years’ experience as a Health & Safety Professional in Corporate OHS roles in heavy manufacturing industries before joining the University of Wollongong in 2009, where she is the OHS Academic Program Director. She is a Quantitative researcher whose primary area of research is in the evaluation of controls for the prevention of occupational diseases with a particular focus on respiratory illnesses and is currently a PhD candidate in the Faculty of Medicine. She is a Board member of the AIOH RESP-FIT Program and represents the AIHS on SF10 Australian Standards Respiratory Protection Standards (AS/NZS1715 &1716) and is acknowledged for her technical expertise on RPE. Research Grants from SafeWork NSW, Coal Services and the AIOH Foundation have supported recent research into the filtration efficiency of respiratory protection against Diesel Emissions and Bushfire Smoke.
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