Both federal and state OSHA regulators have been regularly citing employers for failure to comply with their respective respiratory protection standards in connection with COVID-19 inspections and ...

For a printable version of this article, CLICK HERE. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has caused well-publicized shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) for medical workers. Eye protection, ...

Always be sure that you have chosen the correct mask for the application and that you follow all of the manufacturer's recommendations and all OSHA requirements. The president of Chicago's Trauma Risk ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to add two quantitative fit-testing protocols to the agency's Respiratory Protection Standard. The ...

The first thing the employer must do is make sure that the respirator use is actually "voluntary" as defined in the OSHA Respiratory Protection Standard, 29 CFR 1910.134. In order for the use to be ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has updated its Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) regarding the use of N95 facemasks in the workplace with the intention of reducing the ...

What Are Elastomeric Half-Mask Respirators and How Can They Help You? No matter what industry you serve, you’ve likely been impacted since COVID-19’s onset by the scarcity of N95 masks, commonly used ...

Many people choose to wear an N95 mask as a way to reduce exposure to harmful viruses and airborne toxins or pollutants.

World Health Network experts urge WHO to make N95, KN95, or FFP2 respirators the standard for protection for healthcare ...