Two NIOSH Scientists, Ziqing Zhuang, Ph.D., and William Newcomb, will participate in American Industrial Hygiene Association's Distance Learning Program by presenting "The Value of Anthropometrics" ...

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has announced the nine winners of the second phase in its ongoing Respirator Fit Evaluation Challenge. NIOSH announced the challenge ...

To establish an effective face panel, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)-sponsored Anthrotech study performed a number of different analyses on the data it collected.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Nearly 100% of N95 masks pass fit tests after 3 years, suggesting annual tests are not necessary. Moving to ...

The two most-common questions I hear when it comes to disposable dust masks/respirators are: “My employees wear disposable dust masks – do I have to fit test these employees?” and “How often should ...

N95 respirators and air purifying respirators (the respirator type most commonly used at UNR) are not designed to be used in an atmosphere: 5.2.a. That is immediately dangerous to life or health (IDLH ...

The innovative Advantage 420 Respirator from MSA allows users to quickly adjust the mask according to individual needs. Testing against the proposed new NIOSH fit-test panel confirms that the ...

In 2001 NIOSH contracted Anthrotech, Inc., to perform a comprehensive anthropometric study of respirator users in the United States workforce and to propose new fit-test face panels based on their ...