Description: This virtual course emphasizes real-world spirometry issues for those who conduct spirometry tests (PFTs) and/or interpret test results, drawing on Dr. Townsend's consulting experience with varied spirometers. To help students understand spirometry's many 'moving parts', the course emphasizes why PFT recommendations and requirements were made, as well as what they are. The course is appropriate for students with no spirometry background as well as for those with extensive spirometry experience.
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In March, 2016, OSHA promulgated the Respirable Crystalline Silica standard. Along with the Cotton Dust standard , updated in 2019 , the OSHA Silica regulation mandates completion of a NIOSH approved spirometry course for technicians performing spirometry as part of the silica medical surveillance exam. See the Silica Medical Surveillance requirements (29CFR1910.1053(i)) . In addition, since 2013, OSHA has recommended completion of a NIOSH-approved course as best practice for all occupational spirometry tec
NIOSH also requires that technicians performing spirometry tests have completed a NIOSH-approved course if clinics want to become "NIOSH-approved Spirometry Clinics" to test coal miners as part of the Coal Workers' Health Surveillance Program (CWHSP). See the Coal Workers' Health Surveillance Program for details.
Certificates of successful completion of a NIOSH-approved spirometry course remain active for 5 years and 7 months from the course date. Certification can be extended in 5 year increments by completing a NIOSH Approved Spirometry Refresher course before the current certificate expires. E.g., if a current course certificate was dated April 1, 2017, the technician would have up to 5 years and 7 months to complete a NIOSH-Approved Spirometry Refresher Course, i.e., until November 1, 2023. Top Updated Course De