Supplementary Information: A Review of Decontamination Methods for Filtering Facepiece Respirators

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• Personal Author:
  Bergman, Michael ; Fisher, E. M. ; Heimbuch, B. K.
• Description:
  During the current COVID-19 infectious disease pandemic, the demand for NIOSH-approved filtering facepiece respirators (FFR) has exceeded supplies and decontamination and reuse of FFRs has been implemented by various user groups. FFR decontamination and reuse is only intended to be implemented as a crisis capacity strategy. This paper provides a review of decontamination procedures in the published literature and calls attention to their benefits and limitations. In most cases, the data are limited to a few FFR models and a limited number of decontamination cycles. Institutions planning to implement a decontamination method must understand its limitations in terms of the degree of inactivation of the intended mircroorganisms and the treatment's effects on the fit and filtration of the device. A supplement to this publication is available here. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Communicable Diseases Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Respiratory Protective Devices Safety Viral Diseases
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: N95 Respirator; Filtering Facepiece Respirator; Decontamination; Respirator Reuse Disease Control; Respirators; N95 Filtering Facepiece Respirators; Personal Protective Equipment; PPE; Infectious Diseases; Infection Prevention; Decontamination; Viral Diseases;
• ISSN:
  0892-6298
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; 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:
  8 pdf pages
• Volume:
  37
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20061297
• Citation:
  J Int Soc Respir Prot 2020 Oct; 37(2):71-86
• Contact Point Address:
  Mike Bergman, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory, 626 Cochrans Mill Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15236
• Email:
  mbergman@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2021
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of the International Society for Respiratory Protection
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:daea5b7c7fa09c88968a40dc580519096c1007560e96ba0cf1a96d306cde566e9f245da7f52bc702386e79425482eb5c8d71a0ee14667f7afb798363a71e2bd7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/231518/cdc_231518_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 215.62 KB ]