User Guide

Health and Safety Services
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WARNING ! See warnings on inside back cover.
3M facilitates convenient products and services to help
you achieve regulatory compliance. Our services are
based on certain OSHA regulatory compliance
requirements, including on-site fit testing and
customized Respiratory Protection e-Tools to help
optimize your compliance testing and training.
Regulatory Compliance Services Offered:
Respirator Medical Evaluations: On-line • Mail-In
Respirator Fit Testing: Qualitative • Quantitative
Respiratory Protection Training: On-line
On-Line Respirator Medical Evaluations
This easy-to-use questionnaire helps establish the
worker’s clearance level for using a specific respirator
in your work conditions. It can be completed in 15-20
minutes using any computer with internet access, and
is available every day, any time, to fit your employees’
schedules. Any respirator brand can be used. You’ll
receive immediate notification of clearance as well as
on-line recordkeeping to track employee status.
Available in English and Spanish.
Respiratory Protection e-Training
This is an on-line, interactive service that helps train
your employees in the proper use and maintenance of
different types of 3M respirators, including Powered
Air Purifying Respirators (PAPRs). This training,
which utilizes the latest techniques to maximize
learning, will take about 40 minutes. The service is
customizable and allows easy access to individual
records, curriculum and test results. It is a
standardized training method that meets OSHA,
NIOSH and ANSI requirements.
On-Site Respirator Fit Testing Services
This service can help save valuable staff time and help
reduce the cost of compliance. 3M technicians will
come to your site and can perform both qualitative and
quantitative testing that is effective for all brands of
respirators. Schedules can be set up to accommodate
your multiple shifts and crews. Technicians will
document results and provide summary reports.
Benefits
Convenience
• Evaluation can be used with all brands and types of
respirators
• Evaluations can be completed using any computer with
internet access
Speed and Productivity
• Most employees do not need to leave the work site
• Employees and employers receive immediate notification
of the results
• Clearance letters will be electronically mailed or faxed to
the employer, and mailed to the employee
Consistency and Quality
• All employees are evaluated using the same expanded
OSHA Respirator Medical Questionnaire
• Board-certified, occupational medicine physicians
complete the reviews and, where needed, make
recommendations for further medical testing
For additional information on these services, please visit www.respexam.com, call 1-800-383-3393 or contact your local
3M sales representative.
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