Meeting Agenda

Agenda: Meeting 6 of the Standing Committee on Personal Protective Equipment for Workplace Safety and Health

9:00 – 9:30
Welcome and Introductions
Lewis Goldfrank, Committee Chair

9:30 – 10:45
Surveillance Overviews and Discussion
Marie Haring-Sweeney, NIOSH
Discussion

10:45 – 12:00
NIOSH Surveillance Grants and State Based Programs
Linda Frederick, NIOSH Office of Extramural Programs
Barbara Silverstein, Washington
Discussion

12:00 – 1:00 p.m.        
Lunch

1:00 – 2:00                  
NPPTL’s Surveillance Action Plan
Maryann D’Alessandro, NPPTL
    -Primary data collection
    -Secondary data sources
    -Initial pilot and developmental studies
    -Information dissemination

2:00 – 3:00
Demonstration and Sentinel Systems
CDC EARS System
    -Lori Hutwagner, CDC
Vanderbilt University Healthcare Monitoring System
    -Mary Yarbrough, Vanderbilt University
PPT Program Plans for Demonstration and Sentinel System
    -Charles Oke, NPPTL

3:00 – 3:30                   
Discussion

3:30 – 3:45                   
Break

3:45 – 4:15                 
Analysis of OSHA's Integrated Management Information System
John Mendeloff, RAND
Discussion

3:45 – 5:30
Making the Case for PPE—PPE Use in the Workplace
Organization of work surveys
     -Dale Belman, Michigan State University
Economic analyses
     -Rene Pana-Cryan, NIOSH Economics Cross Sector Program

5:30
Adjourn

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