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National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory (NPPTL)
Respiratory Protection, where to begin—
Is your respirator NIOSH approved?
New! NIOSH ownership of respirator certification marks
Counterfeit respirators are products that are falsely marketed and sold as being NIOSH approved and may not be capable of providing appropriate respiratory protection to workers.
List of NIOSH-approved Filtering Facepiece Respirators
News
- CA 2024-1078 – Subject: Temporary Delays in Applications that Require Human Test Participants
- CA 2024-1077 – Effective Immediately: Voluntary Rescission of nine Aswan International Corp. Approvals
- CA 2024-1076 – Effective Immediately: Voluntary Rescission of one Makrite Industries, Inc. Approval
- PPE CASE Note – Common Site Audit Nonconformance: Lack of Internal Audit Procedures and Documentation
- Notice of proposed rulemaking for Approval Tests and Standards for Combination Unit Respirators. Comments must be received by May 14, 2024.
- CA 2024-1075 – Effective Immediately: Voluntary Rescission of six Masprot S.C., EI. LTDA Approvals
- CA 2024-1073 – Effective Immediately: Voluntary Rescission of Two Honeywell International Inc. Approvals
- CA 2024-1074 – Effective Immediately: Voluntary Rescission of eight Masprot S.C., EI. LTDA Approvals
- CA 2024-1072 – Effective Immediately: Voluntary Rescission of one A & Z Pharmaceutical, Inc. Approval
- CA 2023-1071 – Effective Immediately: Voluntary Rescission of 48 Honeywell International Inc. Approvals
Additional Key Resources
Personal Protective Equipment Key Resources
Quick Links
- NIOSH 42 CFR Part 84, Approval of Respiratory Protective Device
- Letters to Respirator Manufacturers and Interested Parties
- NPPTL Participation in Standard Development Committees
- Respiratory Protection Videos
- PPE CASE Notes
- Personal Protective Equipment Blogs
- Respirator Blogs
- MultiVapor™ Application
- NIOSH Respiratory Protection Week 2023
- NIOSH Publications
- Trending Resources
- NPPTL Respirator Assessments Results
- NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards
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N95 and NIOSH Approved are certification marks of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) registered in the United States and several international jurisdictions.