RESUMO
First responders to illicit drug labs may not always have SCBA protection available. Air-purifying respirators using organic vapor cartridges with P-100 filters may not be sufficient. It would be better to use a NIOSH-approved CBRN respirator with its required multi-purpose cartridge system, which includes a P-100 filter. This would remove all the primary drug lab contaminantsorganic vapors, acid gases, ammonia, phosphine, iodine, and airborne meth particulates. To assure the proper selection and use of a respirator, it is recommended that the contaminants present be identified and quantified and the OSHA 29 CFR 1910.134 respirator protection program requirements followed.
Assuntos
Poluentes Ocupacionais do Ar/análise , Drogas Ilícitas/análise , Metanfetamina/análise , Exposição Ocupacional/prevenção & controle , Saúde Ocupacional , Dispositivos de Proteção Respiratória/normas , Poluentes Ocupacionais do Ar/normas , Poluição do Ar em Ambientes Fechados/análise , Socorristas , Monitoramento Ambiental/instrumentação , Monitoramento Ambiental/métodos , Humanos , Drogas Ilícitas/síntese química , Metanfetamina/síntese química , Exposição Ocupacional/análise , Exposição Ocupacional/normas , Estados Unidos , United States Occupational Safety and Health AdministrationRESUMO
The new proposal from OSHA clarifies much of the longstanding confusion about the protection factor ratings of the respirators that employers and workers rely upon for protection in hazardous atmospheres. Almost irrespective of its final content, this new rule, once promulgated, will become the authoritative source for respirator Assigned Protection Factors and ease the burden of health and safety professionals who ministration of respiratory protection in the workplace.
