N95 Day 2018: NIOSH Repiratory Filter Classes

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  This infographic describes the filter classes of respirators classified by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). NIOSH classifies the filtering media in respirators based on its resistance to oil and its particle filtering efficiency. The resistance to oil is designated as "N", "R", or "P". Particle filtering efficiency is designated "95", "99", or "99.97". [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  Publication date taken from document properties; file not dated.
• Subjects:
  Anniversaries And Special Events Filtration N95 Respirators Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Respiratory Protective Devices Safety
• Keywords:
  Filtration; Filter materials; Respiratory protective equipment; Personal protective equipment; PPE; N95 filtering facepiece respirators
• Source:
  Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 2019 Sep; :1
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Still Image
• Genre:
  Infographic
• 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
• Pages in Document:
  1 pdf page
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20057037
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f97e71c43e92c57fcbc242fc154f66ec5ffd8c9716bc2804b9c9713a8064b30a58966359f15f7aa28cfd78c1449a3597a4ff112bffef9f0ee3f1f10809d6fd65
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/58750/cdc_58750_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 697.87 KB ]