How to wear your filtering facepiece respirator.

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  For your filtering facepiece respirator (FFR) to work as effectively as possible, you must wear it correctly. This includes the process of putting it on (donning) and taking it off (doffing). FFRs must form a seal to the face. Fit testing is the best way to confirm that a respirator fits you.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Diagnosis Dust Epidemiology Occupational Health Respiratory Function Tests Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Workload
• Keywords:
  Fit Testing Personal Protective Equipment PPE Respirators Respirator Testing
• 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:20066780
• 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, 2022 Sep; :1
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2022
• NORA Priority Area:
  Healthcare and Social Assistance ; Public Safety
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9a4b33e1c3c426e014089f476dbda7c3c20250504198802642a0a813132325699f5fd99ef24339c1d5e6d7567360b3644c65aa3e1a0cf4b31d224d28a6e7132b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/181987/cdc_181987_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 326.85 KB ]