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Respiratory protection standard: comments on OSHA's proposed revision. 1995

M D Decker

Department of Preventive Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232-2637, USA.

On November 15, 1994, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published in the Federal Register (59:58884-58956) the draft of a proposed revision of the Respiratory Protection Standard. One of OSHA's oldest standards, the Respiratory Protection Standard defines the conduct of the employer (eg, hospital) with respect to respirator training, fit testing, medical examinations, use, storage, and so on. The proposed revision appears to have been drafted with no consideration for its effect on healthcare workers or the healthcare industry. SHEA has prepared the following comments to OSHA, which have been submitted to the docket and will be presented at public hearings later this month.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D009936	Organizational Innovation	Introduction of changes which are new to the organization and are created by management.	Organizational Change,Change, Organizational,Innovation, Organizational,Changes, Organizational,Innovations, Organizational,Organizational Changes,Organizational Innovations
D010564	Personnel, Hospital	The individuals employed by the hospital.	Hospital Personnel
D012134	Respiratory Protective Devices	Respirators to protect individuals from breathing air contaminated with harmful dusts, fogs, fumes, mists, gases, smokes, sprays, or vapors.	Gas Masks,Respirators, Air-Purifying,Respirators, Industrial,Industrial Respirators,Air-Purifying Respirator,Air-Purifying Respirators,Device, Respiratory Protective,Devices, Respiratory Protective,Gas Mask,Industrial Respirator,Mask, Gas,Masks, Gas,Protective Device, Respiratory,Protective Devices, Respiratory,Respirator, Air-Purifying,Respirator, Industrial,Respirators, Air Purifying,Respiratory Protective Device
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014376	Tuberculosis	Any of the infectious diseases of man and other animals caused by species of MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS.	Koch's Disease,Kochs Disease,Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection,Infection, Mycobacterium tuberculosis,Infections, Mycobacterium tuberculosis,Koch Disease,Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infections,Tuberculoses
D014481	United States	A country in NORTH AMERICA between CANADA and MEXICO.
D014489	United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration	An office in the Department of Labor responsible for developing and establishing occupational safety and health standards.	OSHA,Occupational Safety and Health Administration (U.S.),Occupational Safety and Health Administration,Occupational Safety, Health Administration, United States,United States Occupational Health Administration,United States Occupational Safety Administration,United States Occupational Safety, Health Administration
D016273	Occupational Exposure	The exposure to potentially harmful chemical, physical, or biological agents that occurs as a result of one's occupation.	Exposure, Occupational,Exposures, Occupational,Occupational Exposures
D017408	Guidelines as Topic	Works about a systematic statement of policy rules or principles. Guidelines may be developed by government agencies at any level, institutions, professional societies, governing boards, or by convening expert panels. For guidelines in the field of health care and clinical medicine, PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC is available.	Guidelines as Topics