A blog that explores if qualitative fit testing provides adequate information to determine a good respirator fit. Many healthcare facilities and other workplaces still use qualitative fit testing ...

Pursuant to 29 C.F.R. § 1910.134(f) employees are required to be fit tested prior to wearing tight-fitting respirators and the fit test administered must be using an OSHA-accepted fit test protocol.

OSHA’s fit testing regulations are complex, one expert said. Lack of awareness of the regulations’ requirements among organizations is one reason why testing is not done, the agency stated. Fit ...

Responding is Tom Strigel, product manager, respiratory protection, TSI Inc., Shoreview, MN. Not all fit-testing methods are created equal. For safety professionals responsible for maintaining ...

Quantitative fit testing is the preferred testing method. The ambient aerosol condensation nuclei counting (CNC) method, using a Portacount® Plus instrument, has been selected as the quantitative fit ...

As the world is responding to the COVID-19 outbreak, fit testing respirators for healthcare workers and first responders remain vital to respiratory protection programs to reduce exposure to the ...

Researchers have developed a way to use a simple home aroma diffuser to test whether N95 and other types of sealing masks, such as KN95 and FFP2 masks, are properly fitted, a result which could be ...

Just-in-time (JIT) fit testing allows a healthcare organization to offer evaluation, training, and fitting of HCPs during rapid intervals, as needed, based on specific patient care assignments. The ...

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