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Using half-facepiece respirators for H1N1.
Occup Health Saf. 2009 Nov; 78(11):22, 24.OH

Abstract

A respirator is a device designed to help provide the wearer with respiratory protection against inhalation of airborne contaminants. Increasing the filtration level of a particle respirator does not increase the respirator's ability to reduce a user's exposure to contaminants. The APF of a respirator, which is affected by the respirator style, determines the potential for exposure reduction. Surgical masks that are not approved as filtering facepiece half-mask respirators do not have an APF and should not be used for reducing workers' exposures to particles in the air.

Authors

Larson S
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MeSH

Air MicrobiologyAir Pollutants, OccupationalEquipment Failure AnalysisFiltrationHumansInfection ControlInfluenza A Virus, H1N1 SubtypeInhalation ExposureMasksNational Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S.Occupational ExposureParticle SizeRespiratory Protective DevicesUnited States

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

19927872

Citation

Larson, Scott. "Using Half-facepiece Respirators for H1N1." Occupational Health & Safety (Waco, Tex.), vol. 78, no. 11, 2009, pp. 22, 24.
Larson S. Using half-facepiece respirators for H1N1. Occup Health Saf. 2009;78(11):22, 24.
Larson, S. (2009). Using half-facepiece respirators for H1N1. Occupational Health & Safety (Waco, Tex.), 78(11), 22, 24.
Larson S. Using Half-facepiece Respirators for H1N1. Occup Health Saf. 2009;78(11):22, 24. PubMed PMID: 19927872.
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