Meeting Agenda

Agenda

Committee on Personal Protective Equipment for Healthcare Workers During an Influenza Pandemic: Current Research Issues

The National Academy of Sciences
Board Room
2100 C Street, NW
Washington, DC

AGENDA

Thursday, February 25, 2010
OPEN SESSION

11:00 – 12:45   Welcome and Introductions

                        Elaine Larson, Committee Chair

Sponsor’s Charge to the Committee and Background Information

Maryann D’Alessandro, Associate Director for Science, National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory (NPPTL), NIOSH
Les Boord, Director, NPPTL, NIOSH
David Weissman, NIOSH Healthcare Program Manager
Roland Berry Ann, Deputy Director, NPPTL

Discussion

12:45 – 1:30                 Lunch

                                    NAS Cafeteria

1:30 – 3:30                   Context for the Study

1:30 – 2:30                   Current NPPTL Research on PPE and Influenza 

Ron Shaffer, NPPTL

Discussion

2:30 – 3:30       Project BREATHE and the Respiratory Protection Clinical Effectiveness Trial

Lewis Radonovich, VA Office of Public Health and Environmental Hazards

Discussion     

3:30     Adjourn Open Session

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