Meeting Agenda
Agenda: Meeting 7 of the Standing Committee on Personal Protective Equipment for Workplace Safety and Health
Monday, October 27, 2008
11:15 – 12:30
Improving PPE: Building on a Successful Case Study—PPE for Firefighters
David Prezant
- What approaches have been used successfully in improving PPE for firefighters?
Health-effectiveness research and data collection efforts
Cost-effectiveness research and data collection efforts
- Efforts on standards and certification
- Unique aspects of firefighting regarding PPE
- Lessons learned for other occupations and types of PPE
12:30 – 1:15
Lunch
1:15 – 2:30
Current PPT Issues
- Update on Project BREATHE
Lewis Radonovich, Department of Veterans Affairs
- Homeland Security Presidential Directive
Duane Caneva, White House Homeland Security Council
2:30–3:00
Break
3:00 – 5:30
Economic and Organizational Approaches to Improving Personal Protective Equipment Across Occupations
3:00-4:00
Cost-Effectiveness Studies: Making the Business Case for Personal Protective Equipment across
Occupations
Supriya Lahiri, University of Massachusetts, Lowell
-What are the challenges and opportunities in research to make the quantitative case for the technical effectiveness
and cost-effectiveness of PPE across occupations? What methodologies and types of data collection are available?
4:00-5:30
Organizational Issues: Change Management and Organizational Redesign
David Herold, Georgia Tech
- What methodologies are available/feasible for examining the public/private sector organizational approach needed
to improve the extent of rigor in the development, testing, and implementation of PPE across diverse occupations?
-What are the organizational principles, challenges, and opportunities in redesigning and broadening the mandate of
a federal organization such as the National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory?
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
9:00–9:45
Update on PPT Surveillance – Assessing Secondary Sources
Sarah Locke and Karen Hamre, Westat
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