A Guide to air-purifying respirators

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Air-purifying respirators (APRs) work by removing gases, vapors, aerosols (airborne droplets and solid particles), or a combination of contaminants from the air through the use of filters, cartridges, or canisters. These respirators do not supply oxygen from other than the working atmosphere, and therefore cannot be used in an atmosphere that is oxygen-deficient or immediately dangerous to life or health (IDLH). The appropriate respirator for a particular situation will depend on the environment and the contaminant(s).
  
  NIOSHTIC no. 20052372
  
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• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB2018176
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  3 unnumbered pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20052372
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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