EFFICACY OF SELECTED RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT CHALLENGED WITHBACILLUS-SUBTILIS SUBSP NIGER

Authors
JOHNSON B MARTIN DD RESNICK IG
Citation
B. Johnson et al., EFFICACY OF SELECTED RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT CHALLENGED WITHBACILLUS-SUBTILIS SUBSP NIGER, Applied and environmental microbiology, 60(6), 1994, pp. 2184-2186
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Applied and environmental microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00992240
Volume
60
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
2184 - 2186
Database
ISI
SICI code
0099-2240(1994)60:6<2184:EOSRPE>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
The efficacy of powered air-purifying respirators, surgical masks, dus t/mist respirators, and high-efficiency respirators were tested,vith a biological aerosol under simulated breathing conditions. Protective a bility ranged from 67 to 99.95%. The majority of penetration in negati ve-pressure respirators occurred at the face-mask interface rather tha n through the filter material.