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Quality of Spirometry Performed by 13,599 Participants in the World Trade Center Worker and Volunteer Medical Screening Program

Paul L Enright, Gwen S Skloot, Jean M Cox-Ganser, Iris G Udasin and Robin Herbert
Respiratory Care March 2010, 55 (3) 303-309;
Paul L Enright
Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, West Virginia
Respiratory Science Center, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.
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Gwen S Skloot
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York.
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Jean M Cox-Ganser
Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, West Virginia.
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Iris G Udasin
Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey.
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Robin Herbert
Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York.
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OBJECTIVE: To determine the ability of spirometry technicians in the World Trade Center Worker and Volunteer Medical Screening Program to meet American Thoracic Society spirometry quality goals.

METHODS: Spirometry technicians were trained centrally and performed spirometry sessions at 6 sites in the greater New York City area. We reviewed and graded the spirometry results for quality every month.

RESULTS: About 80% (range 70–88%) of the spirometry sessions met the American Thoracic Society spirometry goals. In general, the spirometry technicians with the most experience were more successful in meeting the quality goals. Participant characteristics explained very little of the quality variability.

CONCLUSIONS: The overall spirometry quality in this multicenter program was very good. Efforts to improve spirometry quality should focus on the performance of individual spirometry technicians.

  • spirometry
  • quality control
  • World Trade Center

Footnotes

  • Correspondence: Paul L Enright MD. E-mail: lungguy{at}gmail.com.
  • This study was supported by the Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, under contract 200-2002-0038 and grant 5U1O 0H008232.

  • The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.

  • See the Related Editorial on Page 355

  • Copyright © 2010 by Daedalus Enterprises Inc.
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