NIOSH Information
Recently there has been some confusion within EEOICPA on whether certain x-ray reports are valid or not. Some claimants have had their "b-reads" refused if the technician did not sign the report. NIOSH's Dr. Howard clarified the issue for ANWAG. If you have had this problem, please contact ANWAG or EECAP for help.
PowerPoints on How Dose Reconstructions are Done
NIOSH has held several workshops explaining how they do their dose reconstructions. Here are three PowerPoint presentations from their September 22-23, 2009 workshop.
Dose Reconstruction Process Overview shows how NIOSH handles a claim from the beginning when they receive a claimant's information from DOL through the dose reconstruction process.
Dose Reconstruction Examples illustrates an overestimate, an underestimate, best estimate and a partial estimate based on hypothetical claims.
Probability of Causation and NIOSH-IREP discusses how NIOSH uses the IREP as well as the reasoning and statistics it uses.