Filter efficiency and facial fit of health care masks.

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• Personal Author:
  Brosseau LM
• Description:
  Health care mask filters exhibit wide range of filter efficiency. Filter efficiency is not predictive of fit. Mask with one of the best filter efficiencies had lowest fit factor. BFE and PFE results are not predictive of filter performance. Health care masks do not fit and do not meet even minimum expectations for respiratory protection. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Bacteria Biological Factors Dust Environmental Monitoring Hazardous Substances Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Particulate Matter Personal Protective Equipment Respiratory Protective Devices Safety

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• Keywords:
  Airborne-particles; Bacterial-dusts; Biohazards; Biological-effects; Biological-factors; Biological-monitoring; Biological-systems; Biomedical-engineering; Exposure-assessment; Exposure-levels; Exposure-methods; Filter-materials; Filters; Occupational-exposure; Occupational-hazards; Particle-aerodynamics; Particle-counters; Particulates; Personal-protection; Personal-protective-equipment; Physical-properties; Protective-equipment; Quantitative-analysis; Respiratory-protection; Statistical-analysis; Toxic-effects; Toxic-materials; Toxic-vapors
• Publisher:
  American Industrial Hygiene Association
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Presentation
• Place as Subject:
  Minnesota ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-29
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20037691
• Citation:
  American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, May 13-16, 2006, Chicago, Illinois. Fairfax, VA: American Industrial Hygiene Association, 2006 May; :1-29
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2006
• Performing Organization:
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, May 13-16, 2006, Chicago, Illinois
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/248070/cdc_248070_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]