Board on Health Sciences Policy

The Committee on the Development of Reusable Facemasks for
Use During an Influenza Pandemic

Meeting 2 and Workshop 

March 6-7, 2006

The National Academies
2101 Constitution Ave. N.W.,  Washington, DC 20418
AUDITORIUM

AGENDA

Monday, March 6, 2006
NAS Auditorium

9:30 am    Overview of the Workshop and the Committee’s Task

• John Bailar, Committee Co-Chair
  Professor Emeritus
  University of Chicago

SESSION 1:
OVERVIEW OF INFLUENZA AND RESPIRATORY PROTECTION

9:45        Presentation 1: Influenza Transmission and Pandemics

• Rashid A. Chotani, M.D., M.P.H.
  Global Infectious Disease Surveillance & Alert System
  Johns Hopkins School of Public Health

10:15        Discussion

10:45        Presentation 2: Facemasks in Context for Fighting Flu-Health Care Workers and  
                     the General Public

• Richard L. Garwin, Ph.D.
  IBM Fellow Emeritus

11:00        Discussion

11:30        Lunch

Panel 1:   The Users’ Perspectives on Respiratory Protection

12:30 pm   Use of Masks in Asia During SARS

• Linda Chiarello
  U.S. Centers for Disease Control

12:45        Health Care Worker Perspective

• Michael Tapper, M.D.
  Director, Department of Medicine-Division of Infectious Disease
  Lenox Hill Hospital

1:00         General Public Perspective-Key Questions Related To Reusable Facemasks 

• Jeffrey Levi, Ph.D.
  Senior Policy Advisor
  Trust for America's Health

1:15         Community Public Health System Perspective

• Jeff Durchin, M.D.
  Chief, Communicable Disease Control, Epidemiology & Immunization Section Public    Health--Seattle King County

1:30          Global Health Perspective

• David Bell
  Centers for Disease Control

1:45         Questions and General Discussion

SESSION 2:
SURGICAL MASK PRODUCTION AND DESIGN

2:00         Surgical Facemasks: Materials and Design

• John Jensen
  Alphaprotech

2:15         Manufacturing Process, Production, and Capacity

• Stacey McCarver
  Research Manager-Facial Protection
  Kimberly-Clark Corporation

2:30         The China Experience

• Jiang Jiang, M.D.
  Beijing Health Department (via teleconference)

2:45         Questions and General Discussion

3:15         Break

SESSION 3:
N95 RESPIRATOR PRODUCTION AND DESIGN

Panel 2:   Respirator Production and Design

3:30          Fitting the N95

• Jeff Peterson
  NPPTL

4:00        Design, Materials, and Components

• Robert Weber
  3M
• Pierre Jean Messier
  Triosyn
• Roger R. Forrest
  National Product Sales Manager-Respiratory
  Bacou-Dalloz ISG

4:40         Manufacturing Process, Production and Capacity-Panel Discussion 

• Julia Tremblay
  Senior Director, Respiratory Protection
  Aereo
• Jeff Birkner
  Moldex
• Robert Weber
  3M
• Roger R. Forrest
  National Product Sales Manager-Respiratory
  Bacou-Dalloz ISG

5:00          Questions and General Discussion

5:15          Open Testimony

• This time is reseverd for the public to make comments during this time. If you are interested in making a statement please contact Emily Ann Meyer at emeyer@nas.edu or (202) 334-3496.

5:30          Working Reception in the Auditorium Galleria

6:30          Reception Concludes

Tuesday, March 7, 2006
NAS Auditorium

8:30          Welcome
                Don Burke, Committee Co-Chair
                Associate Chair and director
                Disease Prevention and Control Program
                Jonhs Hopkins School of Public Health

SESSION 4:
REUSABILITY OF MASKS AND RESPIRATORS

8:45          Evidence of Contamination

• Craig Coulton
  3M

9:00         Decontamination and Cleaning-Halamine Chemistry and its Applications  
                     in Medical Textiles

• Gang Sun, Ph.D.
  University of California, Davis

9:45         OSHA Perspective

•  Andrew Levinson
   Health and safety Specialist
   Directorate of Standards and Guidance, OSHA
• John Steelnack
   Industrial Hygienist
   Directorate of Standards and Guidance, OSHA

10:30         Questions and General Discussion

11:00         Open testimony

• This time is reseverd for the public to make comments during this time. If you are interested in making a statement please contact Emily Ann Meyer at emeyer@nas.edu or (202) 334-3496.

11:30        Adjourn