Certification Program Support for Respirator Manufacturers

Welcome to NIOSH's Certification Program Support for Respirator Manufacturers. The purpose of this web page is to enhance and centralize support services to respirator manufacturers.

This site contains documents in PDF format. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to access the file. If you do not have the Acrobat Reader, you may download a free copy from the Adobe Web site.

Respirator Certification Program Decision Review Process (PDF)

Standard Application Procedure, revised July 2005 (PDF)

• Standard Test Procedures   

• View project status -- lists of certification projects that are currently being processed, indicating the dates that processing steps were begun and completed. Projects are categorized as:
  Air-Purifying (ap.pdf, 23K)
  Air-Supplying (as.pdf, 12K)
  Combination AP/AS (ap_as.pdf, 71K)

• Download the "Standard Application for the Approval of Respirators," version 7

• Download the NIOSH and DHHS logos

• Download the NIOSH-Approved Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Agents (CBRN) Logo (CBRN_Label.pdf, 9KB)

• Search the on-line Certified Equipment List

• Archive of letters to all manufacturers and interested parties

• Respirator User Notices

• Technical analysis of proposed sampling plans, their statistical equivalence, and comparison with sampling plans covered by existing requirements of 42 CFR Part 84, Subpart E, §84.4. Supplement to: Quality Assurance Requirements for Respirators; Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - Federal Register, Vol. 73, No. 238, Wednesday December 10, 2008

• Obtain technical support by telephone at 412-386-4000 and by E-mail at "npptl@cdc.gov."