IUPUI - EHS Respiratory Protection Training

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Welcome to the IUPUI Respiratory Protection Training Course

This training contains a narration; please adjust your speakers to the appropriate level.

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The IUPUI Department of Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) has developed this training to ensure a safe work environment and to protect the health and safety of IUPUI faculty, staff, and researchers who are potentially exposed to airborne contaminants or may occupy an oxygen deficient atmosphere. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) promulgated a final rule 29 CFR 1910.134. The training applies to all IUPUI faculty and staff who are exposed to airborne contaminants that cannot be controlled through engineering or administrative controls and to employees who anticipate wearing respiratory equipment during an emergency incident.

There are three portions to IUPUI’s Respiratory Protection Training Program. In order to meet the requirements of this program, you must:

Complete the Respirator Medical Questionnaire Form - This form can be found on ehs’s website at http://www.ehs.iupui.edu/ehs/indus_hyg_respiratorQuestionnaire.asp. Print out and complete the questionnaire. Place the completed questionnaire in a sealed envelope marked confidential and send it to EHS at the Union Building, Room 043. EHS, under IUPUI Health Services’ guidance, will review the questionnaire. If there are questions regarding the questionnaire, you may be asked to meet with IUPUI Health Services;
Complete the Respiratory Protection On-line Training and pass the quiz; and
Complete Respirator Fit Testing - After medical approval is granted and you have successfully completed the training and passed the quiz, EHS will contact you to schedule the respirator fit testing. The fit testing typically takes approximately one half hour to 45 minutes.

If you have not already completed the medical questionnaire and sent it to IUPUI EHS, please stop this training and complete the questionnaire. Then you may continue this training module.

How does it work?

The Respiratory Protection Training consists of the following sections:

Introduction – Contents
Section 1 – Introduction, Training Requirements
Section 2 – Breathing Hazards, When Respirators are Necessary, Medical Effects of Respirator Use, Medical Surveillance, Exposure Levels, Voluntary Use of Respirators
Section 3 – Types of Respirators, Limitations & Capabilities
Section 4 – Selection of Respiratory Equipment, Protection Factors, Components of a Respirator, Air Purifying Element, Particulate Filter, Gas & Vapor Protection, Combination Filters
Section 5 – Cautions When Using a Respirator, User Responsibilities, Proper Fit & Wear Factors
Section 6 – Respirator Maintenance, Respirator Cleaning, Disinfection, and Inspection Procedures, Respirator Storage
Section 7 – Donning & Doffing Respirators, Respirator Fit Checks, Fit Testing
Section 8 – Recordkeeping, Things to Remember

The training module is narrated, so ensure that your speakers are adjusted to an appropriate listening level. The user will read the information on each page and move from one page to another. At the end of each section, there is a short quiz to verify that you have completed the training and understand its contents. You must answer at least 75% of the questions correctly to receive credit for the training. Upon completion of all sections and the quiz, your compliance with training requirements will be updated in our database.

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This document was last modified on November 2007
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