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    An N95 respirator is a disposable filtering facepiece respirator or reusable elastomeric respirator filter that meets the U.S. National Institute for Occupational...
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    facepiece respirators such as most disposable N95 respirators and FFP masks. A powered air-purifying respirator (PAPR) is a type of respirator used to safeguard...
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    have a higher assigned protection factor than filtering facepiece respirators such as N95 masks. PAPRs are sometimes called positive-pressure masks, blower...
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    to current and former U.S. military members who were affected. The N95 respirator mask was developed by 3M and approved in 1972. Due to its ability to...
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    to filtering facepiece respirators such as most disposable N95 respirators and FFP masks. Elastomeric air-purifying respirators are designed to be safely...
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    facepiece respirators such as most disposable N95 respirators and FFP masks. A powered air-purifying respirator (PAPR) is a type of respirator used to safeguard...
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    Iron lung (redirect from Drinker respirator)
    iron lung is a type of negative pressure ventilator (NPV), a mechanical respirator which encloses most of a person's body and varies the air pressure in...
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  • pneumonic plague and tuberculosis. It is similar to the US-standard N95 respirator. Aerosol filtration percentage: 99% minimum Internal leak rate: maximum...
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    "Personal Protective Equipment for Infection Control - Masks and N95 Respirators". FDA. Retrieved 2017-03-08. Marini, John J., Dries, David J... Critical...
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  • Lamar raps about masks that go with expensive clothing rather than the N95 respirator mask that was used during the outbreak of COVID-19, as he raps: "Take...
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    10, 1995, in response to respirators exhibiting "low initial efficiency levels", new 42 CFR 84 standards, including the N95 standard, were enforced under...
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    masks, considered respirators, with certifications such as N95 and N99, and FFP filtering respirators with certifications such as N95 and N99, and FFP...
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    protection is required. Many full-face SCBA, CABA, SAR Respirator, Elastomeric Respirator, N95 Respirator PAPR, or re-breather masks do not have a provision...
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    When wildfires result in a high AQI, the use of a mask (such as an N95 respirator) outdoors and an air purifier (incorporating both HEPA and activated...
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  • (BFE). N95/N99/N100 masks and other filtering facepiece respirators can provide source control in addition to respiratory protection, but respirators with...
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    revoke certifications for respirators, such as the N95. Currently, NIOSH is the only body authorized to regulate respirators, and has trademark rights...
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    known as the miasma theory), so the bird-like beak masks functioned as respirators that contained aromatic items such as herbs and dried flowers. The modern...
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    Particulate respirator N95 respirator Dust mask Powered air-purifying respirator Chemical cartridge Facepieces Smoke hood Elastomeric respirator Regulations...
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    respirators such as N95 masks do not protect against. SARs without an auxiliary SCBA may also be used in conditions where an air-purifying respirator...
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    is the inventor of the Wu mask, which is the forerunner of today's N95 respirator. Wu was the first medical student of Chinese descent to study at the...
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  • N95 in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An N95 is a particulate-filtering respirator. N95 may also refer to: N95 (Long Island bus), in New York "N95"...
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    difficult, harmful, or hazardous, or assists a person to breathe. A respirator, medical ventilator, or resuscitator may also be considered to be breathing...
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  • improved meltblown filtration manufacturing techniques, used in respirators (like N95 respirators, which is a 1995 NIOSH standard made to address the shortcomings...
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    protective equipment worn by medical professionals N95 respirator – Particulate respirator meeting the N95 standard NBC suit – Type of military personal protective...
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    spreading of the virus. An N95 respirator completely restricts the forward leakage of particles, but in a badly fitting respirator, a significant amount of...
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    side effects. Despite the superior filtration capability of N95 filtering facepiece respirators measured in vitro, insufficient clinical evidence has been...
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    Dust mask (redirect from ND respirator)
    masks, referred to in academic literature as ND, or "nuisance dust" respirators, are masks with one strap, and are designed to filter dusts in situations...
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    A respirator cartridge or gas mask canister is a type of filter that removes gases, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and other vapors from air through...
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    Self-contained breathing apparatus (category Respirators)
    A self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) is a respirator worn to provide an autonomous supply of breathable gas in an atmosphere that is immediately...
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