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Notice2024-16351

Partnership Opportunity To Determine the Fit of Air Purifying Filtering Facepiece Respirators Worn Over Beard Bands for Workers With Facial Hair

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Published
July 25, 2024

Issuing agencies

Health and Human Services DepartmentCenters for Disease Control and Prevention

Abstract

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), announces the opportunity for respirator manufacturers, NIOSH approval holders, and beard band manufacturers to participate, through a collaborative agreement, in a project titled "Fit Testing of Respirators on Those Wearing Beard Bands" to determine how well respirators provide protection to workers with facial hair when using a beard band.

Indexed from Federal Register on July 25, 2024.

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