3M Integrated Protection Programme (IPP)
PPE is most effective when worn properly, 100% of the time. It also works best when it works together. See how our technologies and services work together to help encourage consistent use, with options that may help you with worker communication, compatibility, comfort, fit or performance needs.
Because workers don’t encounter hazards one at a time, they need PPE technologies and services - to help protect their health and safety.
Personal protective equipment (PPE) is often selected to protect workers against specific hazards - respiratory contaminants, for example, or unsafe levels of noise. But workers seldom encounter hazards one at a time, which means they often need to wear multiple types of PPE at once. Work with 3M to help reduce the challenges workers face when wearing multiple types of PPE together. Consider the 3M Integrated Protection Programme*, powered by the Science of Safety. The programme includes a range of options, from PPE featuring our technologies - which may help improve comfort, allow for easier communication, fit a wide range of workers, or resist fogging - to fully integrated PPE systems.
How can we encourage workers to wear all their required PPE, all shift long? By paying careful attention to PPE comfort, communication and performance from the start, and using fit testing to help validate that PPE works together.
PPE is the last line of defence, and it is most effective when worn properly, 100% of the time exposed to hazards. When PPE fits correctly and comfortably, US OSHA suggests that workers are more likely to wear it consistently.** This is why we’ve introduced the 3M Integrated Protection Programme*, a portfolio of personal protective equipment (PPE) technologies and services which may work together to help address one or more of workers’ various needs, including comfort, fit, compatibility, communication,
and performance. Discover how each element in the 3M Integrated Protection Programme* technologies and services work together.
* 3M Integrated Protection Programme refers to 3M’s portfolio of personal protective equipment (PPE) technologies and services that may be used by workers for their various needs, including comfort, fit, compatibility, communication, and performance. The depicted combinations are representative examples of which technologies may work together, but these combinations may not be appropriate for all work environments. Employers are responsible to select PPE combinations based on employee risk assessment for hazards and ensure that fit testing of combinations are conducted while wearing all appropriate PPE.
** OSHA, https://www.osha.gov/personal-protective-equipment, accessed 7/2/2025
