Facial Hairstyles and Filtering Facepiece Respirators

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  This infographic provides pictures of facial hair and information about its interference with the seal of filtering facepiece respirators and their effectiveness. If the respirator has an exhalation valve, some of these facial hair styles may interfere with the valve working properly if the facial hair comes in contact with it.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Insecticides Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Preceptorship Safety Staff Development Surveys And Questionnaires Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Equipment Reliability Personal Protective Equipment PPE Respirators Respiratory Protective Equipment
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Infographic
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• 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
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20057533
• 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 Apr; :1
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:fa7019e91f2a417107b340dced33579629c6ee77afeca048fa6789b72cb3744cb9916318c9564e0caf253d9c41436ef300740d7aff18634cec2d1bb8213fdaaf
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/181828/cdc_181828_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.10 MB ]