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Appendix B: Stakeholder Responses Online Survey
Pages 217-222

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... Respondent 3: Somewhat familiar, particularly regarding occupational infec tious respiratory diseases. Respondent 4: Yes, I know NIOSH approves respirators, dust masks, etc.
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From page 218...
... Now only one person from NIOSH respiratory works with the states and other intramural people, and states do not coordinate activity even when they may be working on same specific respiratory issues Respondent 3: As a CDC employee dealing with infection control matters for health care personnel, I have had to become somewhat familiar with respira tory protection for this occupational group. I have served on an informal CDC
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From page 219...
... This evolved into a group that organized a stakeholders' meeting in late 2005 to open discussion on a possible research agenda addressing respiratory protection for airborne infectious agents. Respondent 4: I use to be an MSHA inspector and participated in some SCSR studies at Bruceton, PA and Morgantown, WV.
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... Failing the development of effective state partners in both the r ­ espiratory and other occupational diseases, there is little effective occupational public health at the state level. Respondent 2: Identification of new occupational respiratory conditions has been major accomplishment.
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... Identification of new exposures for occupational asthma and respiratory disease, 2) effective delivery of quality medical care for occupational respiratory diseases (occupational health services research)
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... 222 R e s p i r ato ry D i s e a s e s R e s e a r c h at NIOSH Respondent 2: NIOSH has been precluded from using certain modalities such as specific antigen challenge testing which has hampered their research in the area of occupational asthma. Respondent 3: NIOSH needs to continue to work collaboratively with other areas of CDC interested in these matters.
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