Issuance of Final Guidance Publication, 9054 [2013-02743]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[Docket Number NIOSH–144]
Issuance of Final Guidance Publication
National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC),
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS).
AGENCY:
Notice of issuance of final
guidance publication.
ACTION:
The National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC),
announces the availability of the
following publication: ‘‘NIOSH Criteria
for a Recommended Standard:
Occupational Exposure to Hexavalent
Chromium’’ [2013–128].
SUMMARY:
This document may be
obtained at the following link: Web site:
https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2013128/.
ADDRESSES:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kathleen MacMahon, NIOSH, Robert A.
Taft Laboratories, MS–C14, 4676
Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH
45226, telephone (513) 533–8547.
Dated: January 28, 2013.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.
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Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health Respiratory
Protection for Healthcare Workers:
Stakeholder Meeting
The National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC),
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
The National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC)
announces the following public
meeting: ‘‘Stakeholder Meeting on
Respiratory Protection for Healthcare
Workers’’.
Stakeholder Meeting Time and Date:
8 a.m.–5:15 p.m. EDT, June 18, 2013.
Place: CDC Tom Harkin Global
Communications Center located at 1600
Clifton Road, Building 19, Atlanta,
Georgia 30333. This meeting will also be
available by videoconference at select
CDC locations.
Purpose of the Meeting: This meeting
is being held to exchange ideas and
solutions to improve healthcare worker
compliance with personal protective
technologies (PPT), with a focus on
respiratory protection. Stakeholder
feedback is sought to (1) provide input
to future updates of the NIOSH PPT
program research agenda and (2) assess
progress toward better respirators for
healthcare workers.
This meeting will include
presentations and moderated roundtable
discussions on ‘‘Improving the Evidence
Base to Support Guidance on the
Appropriate Level of Respiratory
Protection’’, ‘‘Healthcare Worker
Observational Studies of Respirator Use
& New Educational Resources’’,
‘‘Considerations for Extending
Respirator Supplies During an Outbreak
or Pandemic’’, ‘‘Standards & Test
Methods for Improved Respirators for
Healthcare Workers’’, and ‘‘Advances
toward Improved Respirators for
Healthcare Workers’’.
Status: The meeting is open to the
public, limited only by the capacity
(100) of the conference room.
Registration will be accepted on a first
come first served basis. Participants are
encouraged to consider attending by
video conference, which will be
provided at select CDC locations (to be
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announced). Registration for both in
person and video conference attendance
is available on the NIOSH NPPTL Web
site, www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl.
Preregistration is required on or before
May 31, 2013, even for remote attendees
and US citizens. Non-US citizens need
to register on or before May 18, 2013, to
allow sufficient time for mandatory CDC
facility security clearance procedures to
be completed. An email confirming
registration will be sent from NIOSH
and will include details needed to
participate. A government issued photo
ID will be required to obtain entrance to
any of the CDC locations.
Background: The NIOSH PPT
program publishes and periodically
updates its research agenda on personal
protective equipment (PPE) for
healthcare workers (https://
www.cdc.gov/niosh/docket/archive/
docket129.html). The research agenda,
last updated in 2010, describes the near
term and long term strategy for the PPT
program’s influenza pandemic research,
development, and investigative testing
activities. Recently, the Institute of
Medicine (IOM) published a report
(https://www.iom.edu/Reports/2011/
Preventing-Transmission-of-PandemicInfluenza-and-Other-Viral-RespiratoryDiseases.aspx) that assessed the nation’s
progress on improving PPE for
healthcare personnel exposed to
infectious respiratory diseases and made
recommendations to address research
gaps. Furthermore, a chapter in the
recent HHS 2009 H1N1 Influenza
Improvement Plan (https://www.phe.gov/
Preparedness/mcm/h1n1-retrospective/
Documents/2009-h1n1improvementplan.pdf) discusses
research needs for respiratory protective
devices as part of a broader non-vaccine
medical countermeasures strategy. A
key area of discussion at this
stakeholder meeting will be progress on
research gaps identified in the 2011
IOM and 2012 HHS reports and how
NIOSH can use this information to
update the 2010 PPT research agenda.
The current version of PPT program
research agenda for healthcare worker
PPE focuses on conducting research to
design and promote the appropriate use
of PPE. Compliance with appropriate
respirator use practices is important
because healthcare workers often wear
them incorrectly or fail to use them at
all. Poor compliance has been linked to
safety culture, workload issues, time
constraints, risk perception,
effectiveness concerns, availability,
discomfort, interference with patient
care, and communication difficulties.
One strategy taken to improve
healthcare worker compliance is to
develop better respirators. In this
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[Docket Number NIOSH-144]
Issuance of Final Guidance Publication
AGENCY: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice of issuance of final guidance publication.
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SUMMARY: The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),
announces the availability of the following publication: ``NIOSH
Criteria for a Recommended Standard: Occupational Exposure to
Hexavalent Chromium'' [2013-128].
ADDRESSES: This document may be obtained at the following link: Web
site: https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2013-128/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathleen MacMahon, NIOSH, Robert A.
Taft Laboratories, MS-C14, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226,
telephone (513) 533-8547.
Dated: January 28, 2013.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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