Certifying personal protective technologies [electronic resource] : improving worker safety / Committee on the Certification of Personal Protective Technologies, Board on Health Sciences Policy ; Howard J. Cohen and Catharyn T. Liverman, editors ; Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

When you purchase a product, you expect it to work. Construction workers on high-rise buildings need to be confident that their safety harnesses will arrest a fall. Firefighters need to know that their gloves and other protective equipment can withstand high temperatures. Healthcare workers administ...

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