Breakout Session 4, March 2-3, 2010

PPT Program Stakeholder Meeting
March 2-3, 2010

Breakout Session 4

Informing Stakeholders of Counterfeit Respirators
and Misrepresentations of Approval: Buyer Beware

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Session Objectives

Discuss the current approaches to inform users of
misrepresentation of approved respirators

Discuss questions from the NIOSH PPT Program
concerning approaches to address the issues
through brainstorming and discussion

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Approaches to inform users

• NIOSH Respirator Certification Misrepresentations

• NIOSH approaches for approval verification

- NIOSH Certified Equipment List

- NIOSH Trusted Source Webpage

• NIOSH mechanisms for documenting and disseminating respirator
certification issues

- User notices

- Letters to all interested parties

- Letters to manufacturers

• Other approaches for information dissemination

- Twitter, Listserve, Web Posting, etc.

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Breakout Session 4: Question 1

How do the participants
typically become aware of
respirator revocation and
counterfeit issues?

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Breakout Session 4: Question 2

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Breakout Session 4: Question 3

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Introduction

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the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1G70. pra-.-i'ilss a testing approval and certification program assuiiii:: lommeriJal a.ailabilil of
safe personal protective ds.icss. NIC-SH ds. slops improved performance regulations, tests and certifies (or approves) devices, and
purchases approved and certified products on the open market to verif [|ualil.. cf manufacture.

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Breakout Session 4; Question 4

What information do end users need
to assist them in better identifying
counterfeit respirators?

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Breakout Session 4; Questions

Are there very near-term things that
can be done to effect almost
immediate improvements in
communicating information on
revocations, misrepresentations and
counterfeits?

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Breakout Session 4; Question 6

What are the two or three most
important things thatNIOSH should
do to support better communication
on revocations and counterfeits?

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Questions that NIOSH PPT Program Would Like
To Discuss in Breakout Session 4

- How do the participants typically become aware of respirator revocation
and counterfeit issues?

- What communication methods would be most useful for participants and
others to obtain up-to-date and reliable information on these issues?

- How valuable is the NIOSH Respirator Trusted-Source Information page?

- What information do end users need to assist them in better identifying
counterfeit respirators?

- Are there very near-term things that can be done to effect almost
immediate improvements in communicating information on revocations,
misrepresentations and counterfeits?

- What are the two or three most important things that NIOSH should do to
support better communication on revocations and counterfeits?

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