Understanding the Difference: Surgical Mask and N95 Respirator [2018]

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory
• Description:
  This infographic provides pictures and information about two kinds of respirators, surgical masks and N95 respirators, mentioning their use, differences, filtration, leakage, limitations, and testing.
• Subjects:
  Anniversaries And Special Events N95 Respirators Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Respiratory Protective Devices Safety
• Keywords:
  N95 Filtering Facepiece Respirators Personal Protective Equipment PPE Respiratory Protective Equipment Surgical Masks
• Series:
  NIOSH Infographics
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Still Image
• Genre:
  Infographic
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• 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:
  1 pdf page
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:na
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8e47231de34478df9725e62df8f90a3a90ea27cf17a8fc035b686e2cbfd198484c72bdb1c8909cbe87be630a4566f7147faf0d26f43443b57b18e8fdf4778fa1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/58749/cdc_58749_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 234.68 KB ]