Integration of FDA and NIOSH Processes Used to Evaluate Respiratory Protective Devices for Health Care Workers - Proceedings of a Workshop

Respirators that are used in workplaces in the United States must be approved by NIOSH and meet standards and test results specified by regulation.Respirators used by health care workers are air-purifying respirators that generally fall into three types: (1) disposable particulate filtering facepiece respirators (also termed N95s);