On March 14, 2020, OSHA issued guidance for health care employers, which (1) temporarily waives the annual (not initial) fit-testing requirement for respirators, and (2) recommends discontinuing ...

Anyone planning to apply the herbicide dicamba to Xtend cotton or soybeans or 2,4-D to Enlist cotton or soybeans must complete the mandatory training, Auxin Herbicides – Best Management Practices ...

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As the world is responding to the COVID-19 outbreak, fit testing respirators for healthcare workers and first responders remain vital to respiratory protection programs to reduce exposure to the ...

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The purpose of Western Michigan University’s Respiratory Protection Safety Program is to enhance the protection of employee health by ensuring proper training, selecting and fitting of respirators, in ...

The Association of Occupational Health Professionals in Healthcare's alliance with OSHA brainstormed the idea during a conference call that included NIOSH’s National Personal Protective Technology Lab ...

A fit test is a test protocol conducted to verify that an air-purifying respirator is both comfortable and correctly fits the user. Fit testing uses a test agent, either qualitatively detected by the ...