What Does P100 Mean?
Respirator filters are rated according to how much particulate matter they can reliably block. A P100 rating is the highest for personal respiratory protection. As long as your mask fits...
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Fit Testing Critical for Hospital Worker Protection
Protection from the Ebola virus continues to dominate the news. More agencies and individuals are discussing full-face and half-face respirators as solutions for care givers. But without proper fit testing,...
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Respirator for Lead: Lead Dust Protective Gear for Fishermen Melting Lead
There are many types of fishermen out there. You've got your novice line-tanglers, commercial long liners, bass addicts, deep sea cigarette smokers, ticklers, ice fishermen, bow and arrow types. And...
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September 5th is National N95 Respirator Day! (get it? N95…9/5…)
Hooray hooray it’s respirator day! There are so many to thank, air borne pathogens, asbestos and lead, don’t forget those sneaky little unseen particulates, and especially the CDC for all...
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How To Conduct a Respirator Fit Test For Your Company
Things were easier when you were a small company. You may have been able to skip requirements like fit testing your employees for respirators. But no longer. As companies grow...
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Ebola Personal Protective Equipment Information
Fear of Ebola is spreading much faster than the actual virus. We've been inundated with questions over the past week about protective clothing. And since the internet is filled with...
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How To Tell If Your Respirator Mask Fits
We get two questions about respirators more often than all other questions combined. People want to know what size mask to order, and they want to know how they can...
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What's the Most Effective Filter When Painting with Urethane?
"I'm planing to paint a project car that I have been building. I'm wondering what is the most effective filter type to use (with a full face mask) when painting...
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Masks that Block Smell: What is the Best Respirator For Terrible Smells?
A city worker recently wrote to find out which respirator would filter out the strong smells at the landfills best. He writes, "I work for sanitation in NYC. Sometimes I...
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How Often Should You Replace Your Dust Mask?
First of all, a dust mask is has a single strap that goes over the head and provides very little protection from particles and debris in the air. They're also...
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What You Need To Protect Yourself from the Hantavirus
We've had several customers ask about protection from the Hantavirus. Infection with hantavirus comes from contact with infected rodents and can develop into Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS), which can be...
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What is the Best Protection From Lead Dust?
A customer recently wrote to us asking about protection from lead dust. Here is his question, and our response: I have been melting lead wheel weights as well as other...
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Fertilizer Plant Explosion Poses Serious Air Safety Issues
The deadly explosion of the West Fertilizer Plant in West, Texas is still in the search and rescue stages, but serious air quality risks may now be affecting local residents...
