What to know
The NIOSH Coal Workers’ Health Surveillance Program (CWHSP) provides respiratory screening and surveillance for U.S. coal miners. Spirometry is included in the screening. This page provides spirometer guidelines for health facilities and clinics.
Regulations for spirometers
CWHSP standards for spirometry are provided in the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations . Approved facilities interested in providing respiratory screening for miners must use spirometers meeting federal regulations.
Electronic spirometry data files must include raw, flow data points at ≥ 100 Hz for each forced expiratory maneuver. This allows NIOSH to reconstruct individual maneuver spirometry curves for miner testing quality review.
CWHSP spirometer manufacture table
The table below provides manufacture and model information that currently meet or are working towards meeting regulatory requirements. This table is periodically updated as changes are made.
NIOSH requires spirometry facilities to submit CWHSP spirometry reports via electronic data transfer in CSV or XML format. Manufacturers interested in this program can participate by ensuring their equipment meets the CWHSP regulatory standards and electronic data capabilities.
Contact NIOSH at [email protected] for more information.
| Manufacturer | Model | Software Version | CWHSP PDF report printout approved |
Manufacturer developing electronic data transfer for this model |
Approved for CWHSP Spirometry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benson | CCS-200 CCS-200 / Plus |
Version 8.11 Version 8.10 |
X | X | X |
| COSMED | Microquark | OMNIA | X | X | |
| Quark | OMNIA | X | X | ||
| Pony FX | OMNIA | X | X | ||
| Depisteo | SPIROLYSER Q13 | SPIROWIN EXPERT Version: > 3.00 | X | X | X |
| MGC Diagnostics | Platinum Elite Series | BreezeSuite Version > 8.6 SP1 | X | X | X |
| Ultima Series | X | X | X | ||
| CPFS/D | X | X | X | ||
| Morgan Scientific | Pneumotrac | ComPas | X | X | |
| Body | Plethysmograph | X | X | ||
| ndd Medical Technologies, Inc. | Easy on-PC | X | X | X | |
| EasyOne Air | X | X | X | ||
| EasyOne Pro/LAB | X | X | X | ||
| Vitalograph | Pneumotrac | Spirotrac Version 1.19 | X | X | X |
| COMPACT Workstation | Spirotrac Version 1.19 | X | X | ||
| Vyaire Medical (formerly CareFusion) | Vyntus SPIRO, ONE, BODY | Any version ≥ SentrySuite 2.21 | X | X | X |
| Masterscreen | Any version ≥ SentrySuite 2.21 | X | X | X | |
| Masterscreen (with JLAB) | X | ||||
| Vmax Encore (all models) | X |
Table last updated: 4/2023
Minimum spirometry testing equipment capabilities
It is the facility's responsibility to ensure that equipment meets requirements for testing. Spirometry equipment must meet the specifications for accuracy, precision, and real-time display size. Specifications include:
- Spirometry systems must have routine calibration checks.
- Graphic displays must provide real-time, volume-time, and flow-volume curves during tests. Displays must meet or exceed a minimum size.
- Spirometer software must automatically perform quality assurance checks on expiratory maneuvers during each testing session.
- Each spirometer must store absolute values from at least 8 maneuvers within one testing session.
- Spirometry software must save curves and results from all maneuvers or for three acceptable maneuvers at a minimum.
- Spirometry data files must save a record of the parameters defined in the 2005 ATS/ERS specifications.
- Spirometers that digitally transfer results must use the format, content, and data structure defined in the 2005 ATS/ERS specifications.