PMID- 27277562
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20170131
LR  - 20170131
IS  - 1715-5320 (Electronic)
IS  - 1715-5312 (Linking)
VI  - 41
IP  - 6 Suppl 2
DP  - 2016 Jun
TI  - Protective clothing ensembles and physical employment standards.
PG  - S121-30
LID - 10.1139/apnm-2015-0474 [doi]
AB  - Physical employment standards (PESs) exist for certain occupational groups that 
      also require the use of protective clothing ensembles (PCEs) during their normal 
      work. This review addresses whether these current PESs appropriately incorporate 
      the physiological burden associated with wearing PCEs during respective tasks. 
      Metabolic heat production increases because of wearing PCE; this increase is 
      greater than that because of simply the weight of the clothing and can vary 
      2-fold among individuals. This variation negates a simple adjustment to the PES 
      for the effect of the clothing on metabolic rate. As a result, PES testing that 
      only simulates the weight of the clothing and protective equipment does not 
      adequately accommodate this effect. The physiological heat strain associated with 
      the use of PCEs is also not addressed with current PESs. Typically the selection 
      tests of a PES lasts less than 20 min, whereas the requirement for use of PCE in 
      the workplace may approach 1 h before cooling strategies can be employed. One 
      option that might be considered is to construct a heat stress test that requires 
      new recruits and incumbents to work for a predetermined duration while exposed to 
      a warm environmental temperature while wearing the PCE.
FAU - McLellan, Tom M
AU  - McLellan TM
AD  - a TM McLellan Research Inc., 25 Dorman Drive, Stouffville, ON L4A 8A7, Canada.
FAU - Havenith, George
AU  - Havenith G
AD  - b Environmental Ergonomics Research Centre, Loughborough Design School, 
      Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
PL  - Canada
TA  - Appl Physiol Nutr Metab
JT  - Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism = Physiologie appliquee, nutrition 
      et metabolisme
JID - 101264333
SB  - IM
MH  - Body Temperature
MH  - Employment/*standards
MH  - Energy Metabolism/physiology
MH  - Exercise Test/methods/standards
MH  - *Hot Temperature
MH  - Humans
MH  - Occupational Health/*standards
MH  - *Physical Fitness
MH  - *Protective Clothing
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - activite metabolique
OT  - aerobic fitness
OT  - appareil respiratoire autonome
OT  - body size
OT  - capacite aerobie
OT  - gabarit
OT  - heat tolerance
OT  - metabolic rate
OT  - self-contained breathing apparatus
OT  - stress thermique neglige
OT  - tolerance a la chaleur
OT  - uncompensable heat stress
EDAT- 2016/06/10 06:00
MHDA- 2017/02/01 06:00
CRDT- 2016/06/10 06:00
PHST- 2016/06/10 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2016/06/10 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/02/01 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1139/apnm-2015-0474 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2016 Jun;41(6 Suppl 2):S121-30. doi: 
      10.1139/apnm-2015-0474.