Certifying Personal Protective Technologies - Improving Worker SafetyPaperback

When you purchase a product, you expect it to work. Firefighters need to know that their gloves and other protective equipment can withstand high temperatures. Construction workers on high-rise buildings need to be confident that their safety harnesses will arrest a fall.

For personal protective technologies (PPT)--where the major purpose of the product is to protect the wearer against a hazard--a deficit in product effectiveness can mean injury, illness, or death. Healthcare workers administering highly toxic chemotherapy agents need to know that their gloves will withstand penetration. Examining the extent to which products meet specific performance or design criteria is the focus of conformity assessment efforts.

For PPT conformity assessment, the ultimate goal is preventing worker illness, injury, or death from hazardous working conditions.Certifying Personal Protective