Standing Committee on Personal Protective Equipment for Workplace Safety and Health

Meeting

Standing Committee on Personal Protective Equipment for Workplace Safety and Health - November 2025 Committee Meeting

November 18 - 19, 2025

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Speaker Bios - November 2025

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To register for this November 18th and 19th, 2025 meeting of the Standing Committee on Personal Protective Equipment for Workplace Safety and Health, please email Autumn Downey at adowney@nas.edu and indicate if you plan to attend virtually.

Contact

Autumn Downey

ADowney@nas.edu

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It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Meeting

Standing Committee on Personal Protective Equipment for Workplace Safety and Health - August 2025 Committee Meeting

August 19, 2025

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM (ET)

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To register for this August 19th, 2025 meeting of the Standing Committee on Personal Protective Equipment for Workplace Safety and Health, please email Autumn Downey at adowney@nas.edu and indicate if you plan to attend virtually.

Contact

Autumn Downey

ADowney@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Meeting

Standing Committee on Personal Protective Equipment for Workplace Safety and Health November 2024 Meeting

November 21, 2024

11:00 AM - 5:00 PM (ET)

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To register for this November 21st, 2024 meeting of the Standing Committee on Personal Protective Equipment for Workplace Safety and Health, please email Autumn Downey at adowney@nas.edu.

Contact

Autumn Downey

ADowney@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Meeting

Standing Committee on Personal Protective Equipment for Workplace Safety and Health - August 2024 Committee Meeting

August 1, 2024

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM (ET)

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To register for this August 1st, 2024 meeting of the Standing Committee on Personal Protective Equipment for Workplace Safety and Health, please email Autumn Downey at adowney@nas.edu.

Contact

Autumn Downey

ADowney@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Standing Committee on Personal Protective Equipment for Workplace Safety and Health - May 2024 Committee Meeting

May 8 - 9, 2024

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To register for this May 8th and 9th, 2024 meeting of the Standing Committee on Personal Protective Equipment for Workplace Safety and Health, please email Autumn Downey at adowney@nas.edu.

Contact

Autumn Downey

ADowney@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Reusable Health Care Textiles for Personal Protective Equipment: A Workshop

March 4 - 5, 2024

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Reusable HCT Briefing Book

About

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will host a virtual public workshop to examine opportunities to increase the use of reusable health care textiles (HCTs) for personal protective equipment (PPE) used in health care settings. This workshop will provide the opportunity for technical experts, policy makers, manufacturers, PPE users, and others to explore the potential benefits and feasibility of integrating more reusable HCTs into health care operations.

Organizing Project

Reusable Health Care Textiles for Personal Protective Equipment: A Workshop

Contact

Kelsey Babik

kbabik@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Standing Committee on Personal Protective Equipment for Workplace Safety and Health- December 2023 Meeting

December 14, 2023

11:00 AM - 5:00 PM (ET)

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To register for this December 14, 2023 meeting of the Standing Committee on Personal Protective Equipment for Workplace Safety and Health, please email Autumn Downey at adowney@nas.edu and indicate if you plan to attend virtually.

Contact

Autumn Downey

ADowney@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Standing Committee on Personal Protective Equipment for Workplace Safety and Health - August 2023 Consultation on Fit Research

August 24, 2023

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM (ET)

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This is a virtual meeting of the Standing Committee on Personal Protective Equipment for Workplace Safety and Health to discuss commissioned paper on research needs for optimizing respirator fit and provide feedback on NPPTL’s fit research portfolio.

Contact

Autumn Downey

ADowney@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Standing Committee on Personal Protective Equipment for Workplace Safety and Health Summer 2023 Meeting

August 1, 2023

11:00 AM - 5:00 PM (ET)

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This is a virtual meeting of the Standing Committee on Personal Protective Equipment for Workplace Safety and Health. Topics for discussion include 1) updates to the HICPAC Isolation Precaution Guideline; 2) achieving improved respirator fit for the public and workers without respiratory protection programs; 3) the Personal Protective Equipment and Personal Protective Technology Product Standardization Workshop and POAM23 Initiative; 4) NPPTL conformity assessment activities.

Contact

Autumn Downey

ADowney@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Meeting

Standing Committee on Personal Protective Equipment for Workplace Safety and Health Spring 2023 Meeting

May 11 - 12, 2023

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To register for this May 11-12, 2023 meeting of the Standing Committee on Personal Protective Equipment for Workplace Safety and Health, please email Autumn Downey at adowney@nas.edu and indicate if you plan to attend virtually or in person.

Contact

Autumn Downey

ADowney@nas.edu

Location

Keck Center

500 5th St NW

Washington DC 20001, USA

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Workshop

Personal Protective Equipment and Personal Protective Technology Product Standardization for a Resilient Public Health Supply Chain: A Workshop

March 1 - 2, 2023

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Materials

About

This two-day workshop will examine standards gaps related to personal protective equipment (PPE) and personal protective technology (PPT) and explore innovative approaches and technologies to update and streamline the U.S. standardization system for PPE and PPT in support of supply chain resiliency. It will provide the opportunity to engage and exchange knowledge and ideas among key partners - including policy makers, manufacturers, users, and relevant technical contributors - and to facilitate discussion on opportunities to improve the effectiveness, safety, supply stability, and accessibility of PPE/PPT designed for use in U.S. health care settings, by critical infrastructure workers, and by the general public.

Meeting Resources

Background resources and other relevant information pertaining to the workshop are below. See the meeting materials below for files.

National Strategy for Resilient Public Health Supply Chain (file below)
- These sections speak directly to the PPE standardization element: Goal 3 (pgs. 40-43); Appendix II (pgs. 68-69 and 71-76)
Previous NASEM work on supply chains
- Link to study website
- Link to consensus study
NIOSH Resources
- National Framework for Personal Protective Equipment Conformity Assessment - Infrastructure
- NIOSH Conformity Assessment Letter to Manufacturers

Organizing Project

Personal Protective Equipment and Personal Protective Technology Product Standardization for a Resilient Public Health Supply Chain: A Workshop

Contact

Kelsey R. Babik

kbabik@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Standing Committee on Personal Protective Equipment for Workplace Safety and Health January 2023 Meeting

January 5, 2023

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM (ET)

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This is a virtual meeting of the Standing Committee on Personal Protective Equipment for Workplace Safety and Health. Topics for discussion include: 1) joint NPPTL – OSHA survey on respirator use in the workplace 2) feedback on NPPTL’s draft survey.

Click here to access the meeting.

Contact

Autumn Downey

ADowney@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Committee on Personal Protective Equipment for Workplace Safety and Health Virtual Fall 2022 Meeting

December 8, 2022

11:00 AM - 5:00 PM (ET)

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This is a virtual meeting of the Standing Committee on Personal Protective Equipment for Workplace Safety and Health. Topics for discussion include: 1) The current state of the science on critical characteristics of respiratory protective devices (RPDs) used in hospitals or other healthcare delivery settings; 2) Discussing experiences with the use of these RPDs used in hospitals or other healthcare delivery settings; 3) Identifying and discussing the guidance and regulatory actions needed going forward for using RPDs used in hospitals or other healthcare delivery settings.

Contact

Autumn Downey

ADowney@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Meeting

Standing Committee on Personal Protective Equipment for Workplace Safety and Health Summer 2022 Meeting

July 25, 2022

12:00 PM - 5:00 PM (ET)

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This is a virtual meeting of the Standing Committee on Personal Protective Equipment for Workplace Safety and Health. Topics for discussion include: 1) the Foundations of Evidence-Based Policy Making Act implications for NPPTL programs and activities; 2) NPPTL’s draft scoping matrix for Equitable PPE Protection; and 3) updates previously discussed NPPTL activities, including PPE and other product standardization and NPPTL’s Action Plan related to respiratory protection for the public.

Contact

Autumn Downey

ADowney@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

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