{"id":14451,"date":"2017-05-23T16:12:49","date_gmt":"2017-05-23T20:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/?page_id=14451"},"modified":"2017-05-23T16:12:49","modified_gmt":"2017-05-23T20:12:49","slug":"minimum-requirements-for-respirator-users","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/residential-safety-home\/residential-safety-programs-services\/industrial-hygiene\/respiratory-protection\/minimum-requirements-for-respirator-users\/","title":{"rendered":"Minimum Requirements for Respirator Users"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>N95 Respirator<\/h3>\n<p>Includes all types of filtering facepieces (i.e. N\/R\/P 95\/99\/100)<br \/>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h7 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Voluntary use of N95 respirators<\/h7><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Complete a pre-use hazard assessment by BU EHS<\/li>\n<li>Review <a href=\"https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/pls\/oshaweb\/owadisp.show_document?p_table=STANDARDS&#038;p_id=9784\" target=\"_blank\">OSHA Appendix D<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Optional:<\/strong> <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Initial Medical Clearance<sup><a href=\"#asterisk\">*<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Initial and annual respirator training<\/li>\n<li>Initial and annual respirator fit testing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h7 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Required use of N95 respirators<\/h7><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Complete a pre-use hazard assessment by BU EHS<\/li>\n<li>Initial Medical Clearance<sup><a href=\"#asterisk\">*<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Initial and annual respirator training<\/li>\n<li>Initial and annual respirator fit testing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3>Cartridge (full or half face)<\/h3>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h7 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Voluntary use of cartridge respirators<\/h7><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Complete a pre-use hazard assessment by BU EHS<\/li>\n<li>Initial Medical Clearance<\/li>\n<li>Initial Medical Clearance<sup><a href=\"#asterisk\">*<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Review <a href=\"https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/pls\/oshaweb\/owadisp.show_document?p_table=STANDARDS&#038;p_id=9784\" target=\"_blank\">OSHA Appendix D<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Optional: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Initial and annual respirator training<\/li>\n<li>Initial and annual respirator fit testing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h7 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Required use of cartridge respirators<\/h7><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Complete a pre-use hazard assessment by BU EHS<\/li>\n<li>Initial Medical Clearance<\/li>\n<li>Initial Medical Clearance<sup><a href=\"#asterisk\">*<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Initial and annual respirator training<\/li>\n<li>Initial and annual respirator fit testing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3>Powered Air Purifying Respirators (PAPR) (loose-fitting facepiece)<\/h3>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h7 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Use of PAPR respirators<\/h7><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Complete a pre-use hazard assessment by BU EHS<\/li>\n<li>Initial Medical Clearance<\/li>\n<li>Initial Medical Clearance<sup><a href=\"#asterisk\">*<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Initial and annual respirator training<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><a name=\"asterisk\"><\/a>* A medical re\u2010evaluation is required if an employee develops medical signs or symptoms while wearing a respirator; or, if the physiological burden, associated with working conditions, increases substantially.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>N95 Respirator Includes all types of filtering facepieces (i.e. N\/R\/P 95\/99\/100) Cartridge (full or half face) Powered Air Purifying Respirators (PAPR) (loose-fitting facepiece) * A medical re\u2010evaluation is required if an employee develops medical signs or symptoms while wearing a respirator; or, if the physiological burden, associated with working conditions, increases substantially.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11959,"featured_media":0,"parent":7747,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14451"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11959"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14451"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14457,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14451\/revisions\/14457"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}