Elizabeth Ingham, safety officer with the School of Medicine, fit-tests a decontaminated N95 respirator, which is connected via tubing to a PortaCount fit-tester. The testing. About 100 volunteers are ...

A fit test using a PortaCount® Respirator Fit Tester finishes in less than 2 ½ minutes for any respirator, including any N95 mask. Adding the pre-test 5-minute comfort assessment, users can ...

To the editor: N95 respirator masks are just a dollar’s worth of paper unless you’re fit-tested. (“Suppliers cash in as California taxpayers hit with wildly inflated prices for masks ...

SHOREVIEW, Minn., Nov. 15, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- TSI Incorporated, a global leader in respirator fit testing instrumentation, is pleased to introduce a new generation of PortaCount® Respirator Fit ...

TSI Incorporated introduces the Portacount Pro and Pro+ respirator fit testers, which offer fast, simple, easy-to-use, stand-alone operation and are OSHA-compliant for all respirators ...

Key takeaways: Nearly 100% of N95 masks pass fit tests after 3 years, suggesting annual tests are not necessary. Moving to 3-year test cycles could save as much as $400 million per year.

You can do an at-home leak test with an N95 by putting it on and breathing out, says Rempel. If you can feel the air under your chin or around your eyes, it’s not tight enough.

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As the world is responding to the COVID-19 outbreak, fit testing respirators for healthcare workers and first responders remain vital to respiratory protection programs to reduce exposure to the ...

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