1. What 3 requirements for workers must be completed prior to the worker being allowed to wear a respirator?

 2. Respiratory Protection Training does not include:

3. OSHA requires employers to pay for respirators and cartridges and ensure that the workers properly use these respirators that are best suited to protect the worker from the toxic particles and hazardous substances.

4. A written respiratory protection program is required by every business that has employees wear respirators.

5. OSHA and MSHA require workers to thoroughly wash, rinse and dry their half and full face respirators by:

6. Only NIOSH approved respirators and their filtration media or cartridges that are designed to filter out hazardous substances and be chemically compatible for toxic chemical or hazardous environment should be used by workers.

7. Respirators are designed to protect workers when they fit snugly and form a tight seal. Workers are allowed to have mustaches and beards while they wear a respirator as some protection is better than none.

8. A medical screening questionnaire is the first step to being medically approved by a licensed healthcare professional to wear a respirator.  A licensed healthcare professional and the standards may require additional medical testing or an in person exam depending upon the exposures to hazardous chemicals and toxic particles.  What is not required for the medical exam for workers that will wear a respirator?

9. Respirators come in multiple styles, sizes (XS, S, Med, Large, Low Profile) and materials. Employers are required to supply at no cost to the worker a variety of respirators to best fit the unique facial features and head size of their workers.

10. A NIOSH approved respirator is designed to capture and block toxic particles down to 0.3 microns in particle size.  Even though virus particles are under 0.3 microns, they will still be filtered out because they exist in larger liquid droplets with thousands of their friends.