Laboratory Performance Evaluation of N95 Filtering Facepiece Respirators, 1996

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Campbell, David D. ; Coffey, Christopher C. ; Campbell, David D. ; Coffey, Christopher C.
• Description:
  In 1995, CDC's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) introduced a new classification scheme for particulate air-purifying respirators (1). Most health-care workers use type N95 half-mask filtering facepiece respirators (i.e., N95 respirators) to prevent occupational transmission of tuberculosis. As a result, NIOSH received inquiries about how well N95 respirators fit, whether they need to be fit tested, and whether they can be quantitatively fit tested. In response to these inquiries, NIOSH evaluated the performance of 21 N95 respirator models on a 25-person panel. This report summarizes the results of this evaluation, which indicate that fit testing is needed to ensure at least the expected level of protection (i.e., the concentration of airborne contaminants inside the respirator is <= 10% of ambient levels). [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution Air Pollution, Indoor Filtration Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Respiratory Protective Devices Respiratory System Safety
• Keywords:
  Air-purification Air-purifiers Air-purifying-respirators Air-quality Face-masks Leak-detectors Respirators Respiratory-equipment
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)   ; Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)  
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article ; Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies ; DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Pages in Document:
  5 pdf pages
• Volume:
  47
• Issue:
  48
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20000151
• Citation:
  MMWR 1998 Dec; 47(48):1045-1050
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1999
• NORA Priority Area:
  Respirator Research ; Respirator Research
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:93a7b30770a7fcc7b5f827fe6c83178520160b625b7e8cde96340221ffc50a9f25ba1b01436edd7f4eec7ec2bacd391fc4625f0ce8ad0879452256a53ea2a73e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/183159/cdc_183159_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 86.85 KB ]