This page contains a suppliers list of NIOSH-Approved P100 Particulate Filtering Facepiece Respirators.

This guide was designed to explain the new regulation and to provide valuable information for selecting and using the new respirators certified by NIOSH. We greatly appreciate the assistance of respirator manufacturers and others in making this information available to all employers and respirator program managers.

A listing of NIOSH-Approved Particulate Filtering Facepiece Respirators that health care workers can use to help protect themselves from diseases potentially spread through the air such as SARS or Tuberculosis.

Elastomeric Full Facepiece Respirators Like the elastomeric half facepiece respirator, the elastomeric full facepiece respira-tor is a reusable device. This type of respiratory protective device uses exchangeable cartridges, canisters, or filters.

There are two main types of respiratory protection—air-purifying respirators (APRs) and atmosphere-supplying respirators (ASRs). Each respirator type provides a different level of protection based on its design.

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These subheadings, which are also the titles of the affected standards within 29 CFR 1910 and 29 CFR 1926, are followed by the standard number (s) in parentheses and the OSHA respirator requirements. Fit testing is required by OSHA for all tight-fitting air-purifying respirators.

Fit testing uses a test agent, either qualitatively detected by the wearer’s sense of taste, smell, or involuntary cough (irritant smoke) or quantitatively measured by an instrument, to verify the respirator’s fit. For more information, view the OSHA Respirator Fit …

This respirator information may be regarded as a trusted source to verify NIOSH-approved respirators. Additionally, it serves as a resource for basic respirator information and more complex topics such as respirator selection and performance.

(APF = 10,000) Any supplied-air respirator that has a full facepiece and is operated in a pressure-demand or other positive-pressure mode in combination with an auxiliary self-contained positive-pressure breathing apparatus Escape: (APF = 50) Any air-purifying, full-facepiece respirator with an N100, R100, or P100 filter.