When properly selected, used and maintained, powered air purifying respirator systems (PAPRs) can provide increased comfort, protection and regulatory flexibility for workers exposed to hazardous ...

A new proposal would exempt workers using filtering facepiece and loose-fitting powered air-purifying respirators from mandatory medical evaluations, citing minimal physiological risk. OSHA has ...

PITTSBURGH, March 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Global safety equipment manufacturer MSA (NYSE: MSA) said today it has increased production of its air-purifying respirator (APR) line in two U.S. factories ...

A solid respiratory protection program includes understanding the hazards, having the right types of respirators and filters or cartridges, and ensuring workers know how to use and maintain them ...

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has issued the first two certificates of approval for air-purifying escape respirators (APER) with chemical, biological, radiological ...

2019 OCT 28 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Telecommunications Daily-- From Alexandria, Virginia, NewsRx journalists report that a patent by the inventors Curran, Desmond T.

Ford is helping 3M redesign the powered air-purifying respirator (PAPR) that it makes for first responders and health care workers to protect them from contracting the virus while treating patients.

New York, March 02, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report "GLOBAL POWERED AIR PURIFYING RESPIRATOR (PAPR) MARKET 2020-2024 ...

Fit Kit™ empowers companies to take control of their respiratory protection program, streamlining OSHA compliance. Mobile Health announces the launch of Fit Kit™, an all-in-one respirator fit testing ...

UPDATE, 5/6/20: Ford and 3M have started shipping their respirators to health-care workers after getting approval from the CDC's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Total time from ...

The automaker, which has contributed resources toward the manufacture of surgical masks, face shields, powered air-purifying respirators and ventilators since the beginning of the global outbreak, has ...