TB Infection Control

Discussion Brief

Fit testing and user seal checking have different uses and, as outlined in the preamble to the U.S. Occupational Safety and health Administration (OSHA) legislation for respiratory protection (Title 42, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 1910.134), one cannot be substituted for the other.

Started with a question on the relative effectiveness of “fit testing” and “user seal checking” (previously referred to as “fit checking”), members and moderators exchange information resources and discuss fit testing and user seal checking methods and uses for various respirators.
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• Respirator Fit Testing
• Respirator fit testing
• Face Masks and Respirators: Protection Factors, Selection, Fit Testing, and Respirator Demonstrations
• Predictive value of the user seal check in determining half-face respirator fit
• Reducing Respirator Fit Test Errors: A Multi-Donning Approach

• respirtaor protection
• Fitting characteristics of eighteen N95 filtering-facepiece respirators
• Kimberly Clark N95 repirators
• Reducing Respirator Fit Test Errors: A Multi-Donning Approach
• Predictive value of the user seal check in determining half-face respirator fit