Do Industrial N95 Respirators Meet the Requirements to Be Used in Healthcare? – A Possible Solution to Respirator Shortages During the Next Pandemic

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• Personal Author:
  Horvatin M ; Rengasamy S ; Sbarra D
• Description:
  Shortages of surgical N95 respirators (surgical N95 FFRs) can occur during a pandemic. To understand if industrial N95 FFRs have FDA required fluid penetration resistance and flammability, five NIOSH approved N95 models were evaluated using the ASTM F1862 method and flammability using the 16 CFR 1610 method, respectively. Three models passed both fluid penetration resistance and flammability indicating that some N95 models on the market can be used as surgical N95 FFRs during a pandemic. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Dust Occupational Health Particulate Matter Personal Protective Equipment Respiratory Protective Devices Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Biocompatibility Dusts Flammability Fluid Penetration Resistance Fluids N95 Filtering Facepiece Respirators Particulates Surgical Masks
• ISSN:
  0196-6553
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• 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
• Volume:
  49
• Issue:
  9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20062443
• Citation:
  Am J Infect Control 2021 Sep; 49(9):1194-1196
• Contact Point Address:
  Samy Rengasamy, PhD, 626 Cochrans Mill Road, National Personal Protective Technology Research Laboratory, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Pittsburgh, PA 15236
• Email:
  rda5@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2021
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Infection Control
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2179fed7f10809f9f7806fa61d4c5283bf08e95b3eb9acb99bbf3358a4eaf97b9ae8390e9965cfddba6c36169a3acf14980f9028086fde9de6c6805692bf6fe9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/225692/cdc_225692_DS1.pdf
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