http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2009/09/10/n95-respirator-masks-best-for-swine-flu-health-workers/ Homeland Security News and Information Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:43:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2009/09/10/n95-respirator-masks-best-for-swine-flu-health-workers/comment-page-1/#comment-37291 Respirator101forHCW Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:37:46 +0000 http://www.nationalterroralert.com/?p=11156#comment-37291 The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) under the CDC, which is under the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is mandated by the OSH Act of 1970 to evaluate and issue certificate letters of approval to recognized NIOSH approval holders who submit respiratory protective device technologies for federal government approval. NIOSH evaluates the proprietary technologies and awards "protection" ratings to the respirator technology. The user and the manufacturer of the respirator technology are then required to ensure the "approved respirator systems configuration" is inspected, fit tested, donned, user seal checked, doffed, and either disposed of or cleaned-sanitized in the use cycle of the respirator. Filtering Facepiece Respirators (FFR) also known as particulate respirators or just simply "N95" or "P100" are what this article is referring to. Recently the HHS FDA began clearing FFR technologies for use as both a NIOSH-approved N95 and a FDA "cleared" surgical mask/face mask/scrubs mask. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) under the CDC, which is under the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is mandated by the OSH Act of 1970 to evaluate and issue certificate letters of approval to recognized NIOSH approval holders who submit respiratory protective device technologies for federal government approval. NIOSH evaluates the proprietary technologies and awards “protection” ratings to the respirator technology. The user and the manufacturer of the respirator technology are then required to ensure the “approved respirator systems configuration” is inspected, fit tested, donned, user seal checked, doffed, and either disposed of or cleaned-sanitized in the use cycle of the respirator. Filtering Facepiece Respirators (FFR) also known as particulate respirators or just simply “N95″ or “P100″ are what this article is referring to. Recently the HHS FDA began clearing FFR technologies for use as both a NIOSH-approved N95 and a FDA “cleared” surgical mask/face mask/scrubs mask.

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