Please note: this course has Prerequisites

Benefits:
This one day refresher course is required for those who wish to continue to maintain a valid NIOSH-Approved Spirometry Training Certificate. Attendees will review recent changes in spirometry standards and guidelines published by the American Thoracic Society in 1991 and 1995. It is especially useful for clinicians who trained before these changes occurred and will foster better understanding of lung function tests. This course will provide attendees the opportunity to discuss problems not foreseen during initial spirometry training.

Audience:
Occupational health nurses, physicians, safety professionals and healthcare practitioners or other personnel involved in the performance and/or interpretation of spirometry tests. Prerequisite: The NIOSH-Approved (#043) Spirometry course. IMPORTANT: Student eligibility for the NIOSH-Approved Spirometry Refresher Course is as follows: Certificates are valid 5 years from the course date. Previously awarded certificates are no longer valid indefinitely. Individuals who choose to have a valid NIOSH certificate must either take a NIOSH-Approved Spirometry Refresher Course before the certificate is invalidated or retake the initial Course. There is a 7 month Grace Period from the date of expiration. *For more information please visit: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/spirometry/training.html

Features:
Spirometry Testing Indicators American Thoracic Society Standards for Pulmonary Function Testing Latest Techniques for Identifying True Changes in Lung Function Review of Flow Volume Loops Categorization of Type and Degree of Impairment Indications for Spirometry Testing in an Occupational Health Setting

Required Materials:
Prerequisite: Your registration is not complete until we receive a copy of your NIOSH - Approved Spirometry Training certificate. Effective January 1, 2009, NIOSH changed the time limits on all certificates to 5 years from the course date. Previously awarded certificates are no longer valid indefinitely. There is a 7 month Grace Period from the date of expiration. Individuals who choose to have a valid NIOSH certificate must either take a NIOSH-Approved Spirometry Refresher Course within 5 years and 7 months from their previous training or retake an initial NIOSH-Approved Spirometry Training Course. Rutgers is not responsible for any person(s) in attendance who are ineligible for the Refresher.

Notes:
Please bring with you a government issued photo ID. We will accept driver's licenses, passports, birth certificates, state and federal worker IDs, and university and school issued IDs. Please see our "cancellation policy" if you are unable to attend this course.

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Fee:	$295.00

Rutgers School of Public Health

300 Atrium Drive
Somerset, NJ 08873

Thomas Butler

Date	Day	Time	Location
09/16/2025	Tuesday	8 AM to 4:30 PM	Rutgers School of Public Health