Enforcement Guidance on Decontamination of Filtering Facepiece Respirators in Healthcare During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

Source: Occupational Safety and Health Administration [U.S. Department of Labor] (OSHA). Published: 4/24/2020. This memorandum provides interim guidance to Compliance Safety and Health Officers for enforcing the Respiratory Protection Standard with regard to the reuse of filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs) that have been decontaminated through certain methods. It applies in workplaces in which workers need respirators to protect against exposure to infectious agents that could be inhaled into the respiratory system, including during care of patients with suspected or confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and other activities that could result in respiratory exposure to SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19). (Text)
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