Standing Committee on Personal Protective Equipment for Workplace Safety and Health
The Standing Committee on Personal Protective Equipment for Workplace Safety and Health provides a forum for discussion of scientific and technical issues relevant to the development, certification, deployment, and use of personal protective equipment, standards, and related systems to ensure workplace safety and health.
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Personal Protective Equipment for Influenza A(H5N1) in High-Risk Farm Settings: Proceedings of a Workshop
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·2026
What approaches can ensure that personal protective equipment (PPE) is designed and implemented in ways that effectively protect farmworkers and mitigate the risk of Influenza A (H5N1) transmission from animals to humans? In September 2025, the National Academies convened a workshop to examine the r...
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