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				NPPTL Respirator Assessments to Support the COVID-19 Response						Print
													Updated April 16, 2021
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										Important UpdateAs a consequence of the removal of these crisis capacity strategies, NPPTL will no longer conduct any of the Respirator Assessments to Support the COVID-19 Response.Beyond Shelf Life/Stockpiled Assessment Results
NPPTL has completed Beyond Shelf Life/Stockpiled Assessments for the products listed below. In addition to the assessments below, NIOSH conducted a study of stockpiled respirators across the United States. The results of this study can be found here.
The products tested are NIOSH-approved, or, were NIOSH-approved in the past. Some of these products have been voluntarily rescinded by the manufacturer, and in some cases, the manufacturer is no longer making the product.
NPPTL makes no representation as to the authenticity of the samples received and assessed, and cannot attest to the storage conditions. As part of its standard respirator approval process for NIOSH-approved respirators, NIOSH conducts a comprehensive quality assurance review of the quality process and manufacturing site. None of these reviews were conducted during this limited assessment
NIOSH regulation sets the minimum quality and performance requirements for the approval of respirators. NIOSH does not have requirements for shelf life or storage conditions for particulate-only air purifying respirators (APRs), such as filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs). The approval holder (i.e. the entity that is granted the approval from NIOSH) is responsible for understanding how their products’ design and performance may be affected by various use or storage conditions and must provide instruction for establishing the proper use, storage, and maintenance procedures for their approved products, which may include designating a shelf life. The FFR packaging (such as the box) must include NIOSH-approved user instructions and label information, and if designated by the manufacturer, recommendations on shelf life. Additionally, some approval holders also disseminate recommendations related to storage and shelf life through resources such as user and web notices. The respirators tested were generally not designed for long-term storage.
The results presented herein are for a subset of FFRs that are NIOSH-approved, or, were NIOSH-approved, beyond or approaching their designated shelf life, that were provided to NPPTL for assessment.International Assessment Results
Manufacturer
Model
Designated
Shelf Life
Currently
Approved
Filtration Efficiency (%)
Test ReportMaximum
Minimum3M
8511
None Specified
Yes
98.44
97.09
2020-04.13M
9210
None Specified
Yes
99.65
98.06
2020-267.13M
1870
None Specified
Yes
99.89
99.30
2020-318.13M
1860S
None Specified
Yes
98.66
97.51
2020-318.23M
1860
None Specified
Yes
99.35
98.57
2020-318.33M
9210
None Specified
Yes
99.90
99.11
2020-397.1Aearo Technologies
1050S
None Specified
No
96.12
92.13
2020-191.1Aearo Technologies
1054
None Specified
No
100.00
97.27
2020-191.2A.R. Medicom Inc.
M2321
None Specified
Yes
97.68
76.07
2021-18.1Bacou-Dalloz Hong Kong Ltd.
Bacou Willson 801
None Specified
Yes
99.20
98.14
2020-345.1Handan Hengyong Protective and Clean Products Co., Ltd.
HY8510
(LOT # SW090901)
None Specified
No
85.50
71.40
2020-116.1Handan Hengyong Protective and Clean Products Co., Ltd.
HY8510
(LOT # SW091109)
None Specified
No
99.50
86.30
2020-116.2Handan Hengyong Protective and Clean Products Co., Ltd.
HY8510
(LOT # SW090901)
None Specified
No
94.00
82.80
2020-114.1Handan Hengyong Protective and Clean Products Co., Ltd.
HY8510
(LOT # SW091208)
None Specified
No
94.00
69.20
2020-114.2Inovel, LLC
MFRN95-ML
None Specified
No
99.61
96.99
2020-198.1Inovel, LLC
3002N95-M
None Specified
No
99.64
98.88
2020-198.2Inovel, LLC
1511
None Specified
Yes
99.32
97.88
2020-297.1Kimberly-Clark
PFR95-174
None Specified
Yes
97.49
95.77
2020-182.1Makrite Industries Inc. for Cardinal Health
N95-ML
None Specified
Yes
99.76
99.52
2020-347.1Safe Life
B130
None Specified
No
99.66
99.36
2020-14.1Safe Life
B130
None Specified
No
98.17
89.80
2020-16.1Safe Life
B130
10/2020
No
99.47
98.97
2020-64.1Safe Life
B150
None Specified
No
99.53
98.83
2020-14.1Safe Life
B150
None Specified
No
93.74
87.10
2020-16.1Safe Life
B150
10/2020
No
99.64
98.95
2020-64.2Safe Life
A430
None Specified
No
95.53
84.80
2020-128.1Safe Life
A450
None Specified
No
98.41
70.30
2020-128.2Safe Life
A450
None Specified
No
96.83
81.00
2020-239.1Safe Life Corporation
A450
None Specified
No
97.75
87.10
2020-374.1Safe Life Corporation
A430
None Specified
No
97.67
95.96
2020-374.2Shanghai Gangkai Purifying Products Co., Ltd.
GIKO 1200
None Specified
Yes
97.04
84.00
2020-239.2TrioMed
B130
None Specified
No
99.92
99.42
2020-16.1TrioMed Innovations Corp.
112410
None Specified
No
99.87
99.66
2020-364.1At this time, we do not have enough information to definitively know the level of protection that may be provided by respirators that 1) are stored for prolonged periods of times; 2) are stored under various storage conditions; or 3) have exceeded the approval holder’s designated shelf life. Users of respirators that have exceeded the designated shelf life should be forewarned to avoid a false sense of confidence; these devices may not provide the same level of protection as those that have not exceeded the designated shelf life. NIOSH recommends contacting the approval holder(s) of the respirators with specific questions regarding the use of product beyond the manufacturer-designated shelf life.
							
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							Last Reviewed:  April 16, 2021						Source: 	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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