Standards Completion Program

The NIOSH IDLH is defined by the NIOSH-OSHA Standard Completions Program only for the purpose of respirator selection and represents a maximum concentration from which, in the event of respiratory failure, one could escape within 30 min without experiencing any escape-impairing or irreversible health. 

Validation. The validation followed the Standards Completion Program Statistical Protocol developed by Busch(5). The pooled coefficient of variation of the total procedure, CV>p which consists of the composite variations in sampling and analysis, desorption efficiency, and the pump error, is given by ... 

The information assembled in the original 1978 printing of the Pocket Guide was the result of the Standards Completion Program, a joint effort by NIOSH and the Department of Labor to develop supplemental requirements for the approximately 380 workplace environmental exposure standards adopted by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in 1971. 

The NIOSH-OSHA Standards Completion Program — Respirator Decision Logic provides guidance of the limitations of the equipment and OSHA compliance. In selecting the proper respiratory protection device, the physiology of the wearer, the toxicity of the hazards encountered by leakage or misuse and the hazard of sampling all must be considered carefully. 

The phase-integral quantities in the formulas obtained in Chapter 5 can be expressed in terms of complete elliptic integrals. One thereby achieves the result that well-known properties of complete elliptic integrals, such as for instance series expansions, can be exploited for analytic studies. Furthermore, complete elliptic integrals can be evaluated very rapidly by means of standard computer programs. 

The CDIO Standards were chosen for this purpose, with modifications to adapt the standards to the context. When the self-evaluations were complete, program managers were surveyed to determine the usefulness of the CDIO Standards as a basis for program evaluation. 

NASA also implemented a system-safety program patterned after the Air Force standards. These programs were instrumental to the successful completion of many NASA projects, including the Apollo moon missions. 

Title III of the 1990 amendments completely changed the U.S. standards for the hazardous air pollutant control program. Stensvaag (6) has summarized these changes as follows ... 

Using a standard audit form is certainly acceptable and can prove to be an outstanding tool, especially when getting a handle on a fire extinguisher program, life-safety issues, the lighting of exit signs, availability of first-aid kits, clear aisles, and a variety of issues that are basic in nature. The typical standard audit form will likely have complete sections that are marked not applicable. Unless a unique audit form is created, there is usually no way around sections that will be marked not applicable. ... 

The benefits to be accrued from the implementation of a program of planned maintenance can be found in the efficient and economical operation of the plant and equipment and the utilization of resources (i.e. plant and equipment and manpower) while also maintaining a sound standard of safe working and environmental conditions for operators, other occupants and employees within the workplace. Maintenance systems vary, depending on the location of the plant and equipment and/or company policy. Systems can range from the complete maintenance of plant and equipment using all available methods to their replacement on failure. To meet the company s requirements it is then necessary to decide on the maintenance system that provides the most satisfactory benefits overall. 

Carlo simulation. Program HUBER rejects points on the basis of Huber s rule and shows the results. For completeness, the means and standard deviations before and after the elimination are given, and the equivalent z-values for the classical mean z-SD are calculated. The sensitivity of the elimination rules toward changes in the k- resp. z-values are graphically indicated. 

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