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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
The NIOSH Certified Equipment List (CEL)
The CEL is a tool to help respirator users, safety managers, industrial hygienists, and others determine if they are using a NIOSH approved® respirator. Popular custom searches:
• All Filtering Facepiece Respirators
• N95 Filtering Facepiece Respirators
• Particulate filtering PAPRs with HE, PAPR100-N and PAPR100-P
• Elastomeric half mask respirators that may include an exhalation valve and offer N95 protection, including in combination with other gas and vapor protection
- NEW! NIOSH Fact Sheet: Respirator Selection Guide for the Healthcare Industry
- NIOSH Respirator Fit Evaluation Challenge Webinar (December 4, 2024 2:00 PM Eastern Time)
Webinar to highlight the work of the three winners and six finalists from the third and final phase of the challenge.
Register here: Webinar Registration – Zoom - NIOSH Science Blog – Beards and Respirators: Navigating No Shave November Safely
- NIOSH Announces Phase 3 Winners of the Respirator Fit Evaluation Challenge
- CA 2024-1088 – Effective Immediately: Voluntary Rescission of two Innonix Technologies Limited Approvals
- CA 2024-1087 – Effective Immediately: Voluntary Rescission of one United States Mask, LLC Approval
- DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2024-122 – Protecting Chimney Sweeps from Respiratory Hazards: Respirator Use
Additional Key Resources
Personal Protective Equipment Key Resources
- 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 2024
- NIOSH Publications
- Trending Resources
- NPPTL Respirator Assessments Results
- NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards
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.