Fit Testing Under New NIOSH Standards

(17 min.) Anyone wearing a respirator must be trained and authorized by the company in several different areas such as how to put on and take off the respirator. We call that donning and doffing. The process is simple, but it does require some basic knowledge, which we'll now review.

Topics included in this safety video are: select the respirator, negative and positive pressure checks, seal checks, different types of respirators, filtering respirators, respirator use, limitations of respirator use, routine and emergency uses of respirators, breathing air quality for atmosphere supplying respirators, filtering facepiece, SCBA, and respirator maintenance.

Program comes with a CD-ROM of written materials, including test questions and answers. English title also includes PowerPoint presentation.