Understanding the Difference: Surgical Mask and N95 Respirator [2021]

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  This infographic provides pictures and information about two kinds of respirators, surgical masks and N95 respirators, mentioning their use, differences, filtration, leakage, limitations, and testing.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Hazardous Substances Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Insecticides Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Urogenital Diseases Urogenital System Workplace
• Keywords:
  N95 Filtering Facepiece Respirators Personal Protective Equipment PPE Respiratory Protective Equipment Surgical Masks
• Series:
  NIOSH Infographics
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Still Image
• Genre:
  Infographic
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  NPPTL - National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1 pdf page
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20057530
• Citation:
  Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 2018 Aug; :1
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2021
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:281a0cae1f37d0eb2993dc6554e5dd38f40f5458adb82c611b67867069392dd72be7e68a2c1f57aa9a3a54b330352030335fd34e57ce5ca35a99dba7777adbdc
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/181826/cdc_181826_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 167.86 KB ]