Tuesday, November 15, 2:30-5 PM at Kirkwood Center Hotel, Cedar Rapids Iowa
Lead Instructors: Renee Anthony, CIH, CSP, PhD, GPCAH Director and Emma Smaellie, Graduate Student
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The Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health (GPCAH) will present an interactive session that guides participants through the process of qualitative respirator fit testing.
We will provide an interactive session for up to 36 registered participants to develop hands-on skills to conduct qualitative respirator fit testing. After background orientation to the process, participants will work in teams to conduct fit testing on one another using qualitative protocols. Participants will receive both hard copies and electronic materials to use and document fit testing in their community.
Why Sign Up?
- You want to understand the steps needed to complete qualitative fit testing to help farmers/rural communities select a respirator that fits and, therefore, provides protection
- You need refresher on fit testing protocols
- You want to get fit tested on a respirator you are currently wearing (must be clean shaven)
Agenda:
- Introductions and documentation review (15 min)
- Teams- will make 12 teams of three (5 min)
- Slow walk-through demonstration (30 min)
- Review of documentation from fit-test #1, Q&A (15 min)
- Hands-on team demonstrations (repeat twice, 20 min each, 40 min)
- Review and clean up (10 min)
- Post-session survey turn-in
Learning Objectives:
Following this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Understand the components, order, and timeline to conduct a qualitative fit test that meets regulatory and best-practice recommendations to assure fit
- Demonstrate fit testing procedures
- Demonstrate ability to complete paperwork to document fit testing
- Understand that no one respirator model fits every face
Participants:
- Must pre-register
- Must be clean shaven to receive fit testing (can conduct fit testing only)
- May bring their own respirator (If using an elastomeric respirator, you must bring a P100 cartridge that fits the respirator); otherwise, FFRs (disposable N95s) will be provided
- Bring a watch/phone to set timers during testing
- You will not be fit-tested if you have a cold or COVID symptoms
- Participants should wear an N95 FFR when conducting fit testing on others during the workshop, particularly when conducting the sensitivity test