Air Purification Technology

Andrew W J Smith, Stephen Poulston, Fergus Melligan, Miren Agote Aran, Alvaro Amieiro, Luke Luisman

Sonning Common, UK 

Chemically Stable Room Temperature Carbon Monoxide Catalysis Name of Authors

Andrew W J Smith, Stephen Poulston, Justin Hine

Sonning Common, UK Justin Hine
Avon Protection, Melksham, UK 

Evaluation of the NIOSH Proposed STP for Fit Testing Half Facepiece Respirators

C.E. Colton, P. Eitzman, R.K. Hehenberger, and M.D. Luinenburg

3M Personal Safety Division 3M Center Building 235-2E-91, St. Paul, MN 55144 

A Proposal to Establish a Proficiency Testing System for Chemical Challenge Testing of Respirator Cartridges

C.R. (Gus) Manning, PhD, CIH

Assay Technology Livermore CA 94551 

United States and ISO Respiratory Protective Device Standard initial steps toward global standard harmonization: NIOSH plans and preliminary results for validating ISO performance requirements.

Colleen Miller

National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, P. O. Box 18070 Bldg. 402, 626 Cochrans Mill Road Pittsburgh, PA 15236 

Effects of combinations of breathing resistance and inspiratory CO2

Dan Warkander and Barbara Shykoff

U.S. Navy Experimental Diving Unit, 321 Bullfinch Road, Panama City, FL 32407 USA 

Development of Half-mask Facepiece for Male Workers and Its Fit Performance in Korea

Don-Hee Han and David Kim

Dept. of Occupational Health and Safety Engineering, Inje University, Gimhae, Gyeongnam-do, Republic of Korea
Dobulife Tech Co., Gwangju, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea 

The Use of Activated Carbon as a Dessicant for Hopcalite type Carbon Monoxide Catalysts.

Dr Mike Williams and Heidi Marsh

Cranfield University 

Respiratory Protection From CO Inhalation

Dr. Girish Srinivas, Dr. Steven Gebhard, Rita Dubovik, Drew Galloway

TDA Research, Inc. 4663 Table Mountain Drive, Golden, CO 80403 

Development of a New Disposable Mask for Biological Threats

Esther Krasner, Moran Bodas and Guy Robin

Ministry of Defense, HaKirya, Tel-Aviv, Israel 

Breakthrough Experiments of Miniaturized and Full-Size Cartridge for Organic Vapors

Florence Janvier, Ludovic Tuduri , Daniel Cossement, Daniel Drolet, Yves Cloutier, Jaime Lara

Département de santé environnementale et santé au travail, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, succ. Centre-ville, Montréal (Québec) H3C 3J7, Canada
Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travail (IRSST), Montréal (Québec) H3A 3C2
Institut de recherche sur l'hydrogène de l'Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières C.P.500, Trois-Rivières, QC G9A 5H7, Canada 

Does fit testing tight fitting respiratory protection increase work place protection? 

Geoff Betsinger

Correlating and Extrapolating Air-purifying Respirator Cartridge Breakthrough Times—a Critical Review

Gerry O. Wood, Ph.D. and Anjali Lamba (EPA)

40 San Juan Street, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA 87544 

Sweating Manikin Testing of a Cooling System for Level-A Hazmat Suits

Girish Srinivas, Joe Fredrickson, Steve Gebhard, Bob Copeland and Georgia Mason. Jon Williams and Aitor Coca

TDA Research, Inc., 4663 Table Mountain Drive, Golden, CO 80403
National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory (NPPTL) Pittsburg, PA 

Breathing Patterns and Volumes Recorded in the Workplace in Correlation with ISO Work Rates 

Graham Powe

Managing Director, Safety Equipment Australia Pty Ltd 

The Evolution of a Fast Fit Test Protocol

Gregory Olson, Richard Remiarz, and Jeff Weed

TSI Incorporated, 500 Cardigan Road, Shoreview, MN 55126
Weed Respiratory Protection Solutions, LLC, St. Paul, MN 55110 

Survey and analysis of worker’s breathings patterns in actual arc welding operation.

Hiroki Haruta, Hisashi Yuasa, Eriko Shimizu, Kazushi Kimura, Taizo Murakami, Shigeru Tanaka

Koken LTD. Hanno Laboratory, 568 Kawadera, Hanno, Saitama, 357-0044, Japan.
Mizue Medical Clinic/Keihin Occupational Health Center, 6-21, Mizue-cho. Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki, 210-0866, Japan.
Jyumonji University, 2-1-28 Sugasawa, Niiza, Saitama, 352-0017, Japan. 

Determination of Air Filter Collection Efficiency for Nanoparticles with Macromolecular Ions

Hisashi Yuasa, Atsushi Ishigami, Fumie Yoshikawa, Mikio Kumita, Hidenori Higashi, Takafumi Seto and Yoshio Otani

Koken Ltd., 568 Kawadera, Hanno, Saitama, Japan
Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Toyama National College of Technology, 13, Hongo-ch o, Toyama, Japan
School of Natural System, College of Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, Kan azawa, Japan

Filtration Efficiency, Pressure Drop and Total Inward Leakage in Anti- Yellow Sand Masks, Quarantine Masks, Medical Masks, General Masks

Assessing real-time performances of N95 respirators for health care workers by simulated workplace protection factors 

Hyunwook Kim, Jung-Eun Baek, Hye-Kyung Seo, Jong-Eun Lee, Myong Jun-Pyo, Jin-Ho Lee and Seung-Joo Lee

Dept. of Prev. Med., College of Medicine
Dept. of Occup. & Environ. Hygiene, Graduate School of Public Health
College of Nursing
Dept. of Occup. and Environ. Med., College of Medicine, The catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
3M Personal Safety Division, APAC Laboratory, 3M Korea, 7, Samsung 1-ro 5-gil Hwaseong-Si, Gyeonggi-Do 445-170, Korea 

Protection for the Unexpected Threat

I.L. Tuinman, A. v. Wuickhuijse

TNO, Lange Kleiweg 137, Rijswijk, Netherlands 

New Research and Development on End of Service Life Systems for Air-Purifying Respirators

The Next Generation Respirator Battlefield Evaluation System

John Wakefield 

Physical Sciences Department, DSTL Porton Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP4 0JQ, UK

Implications of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Product Conformance Programs for Standard Changes 

Julie Tremblay