Health Care Workers and Respiratory Protection: Is the User Seal Check a Surrogate for Respirator Fit-Testing?

Many agencies recommend that health care workers wear N95 filtering facepiece respirators (N95-FFR) to minimize occupational exposure to bioaerosols, such as tuberculosis and pandemic influenza. Published standards outline procedures for the proper selection of an N95-FFR model, including user seal...

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Published in:	Journal of Occupational & Environmental Hygiene Vol. 8; no. 5; pp. 267 - 271
Main Authors:	Danyluk, Quinn, Hon, Chun-Yip, Neudorf, Mike, Yassi, Annalee, Bryce, Elizabeth, Janssen, Bob, Astrakianakis, George
Format:	research tables/charts Journal Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd May2011
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