NPPTL COVID-19 Response: International Respirator Assessment

Manufacturer: SAS Safety Corp

Model Tested: 8617A

Date Tested: July 8, 2020

These findings pertain to the SAS Safety Corp., model 8617A. The labeling and packaging information 

for this product indicates it is a NIOSH-approved product. However, SAS Safety Corp. does not have a 

NIOSH approval for model 8617A. Therefore, this product is not NIOSH-approved.

Twenty respirators were submitted for evaluation. The respirators were sampled into groups of ten for 

evaluation. The samples were tested using a modified version of NIOSH Standard Test Procedure (STP) 

TEB-APR-STP-0059. This modified assessment plan can be found here.

The maximum and minimum filter efficiency was 98.90% and 97.00%, respectively. All twenty

respirators measured more than 95%. 

This product has head bands/straps. While filter efficiency shows how well the filter media performs, 

users must ensure a proper fit is achieved.

This assessment is not a part of the NIOSH respirator approval process and will in no way lead to or 

preclude NIOSH approval through the official approval process. This assessment was developed as an 

assessment of the filter efficiency for those respirator’s represented as certified by an international

certification authority, other than NIOSH, to support the availability of respiratory protection to US 

healthcare workers due to the respirator shortage associated with COVID-19. Only particulate filter 

efficiency was assessed.

The results provided in this letter are specific to the subset of samples that were provided to NPPTL for 

evaluation.

These results will be used to update the CDC guidance for Crisis Capacity Strategies (during known 

shortages).
NPPTL COVID-19 Response: International Respirator Assessment

Evaluation of International Respirators

Test: Modified TEB-APR-STP-0059

Date Tested: July 8, 2020

Report Prepared: July 8, 2020

Manufacturer: SAS Safety Corp

Item Tested: 8617A (Sample Group 1 of 2)

Country of Certification: U.S. (42CFR84)

Filter Flow Rate

(Lpm)

Initial Filter 

Resistance 

(mmH2O)

Initial Percent 

Leakage

(%)

Maximum 

Percent Leakage

(%)

Filter Efficiency

1 85 8.2 1.09 1.10 98.90

2 85 7.5 1.25 1.30 98.70

3 85 5.4 1.86 1.88 98.12

4 85 7.5 1.47 1.47 98.53

5 85 7.1 1.73 1.81 98.19

6 85 6.3 1.59 1.59 98.41

7 85 7.7 1.22 1.23 98.77

8 85 7.8 1.66 1.71 98.29

9 85 6.5 3.00 3.00 97.00

10 85 6.5 1.80 1.81 98.19

Minimum Filter Efficiency: 97.00 Maximum Filter Efficiency: 98.90

• The test method utilized in this assessment is not the NIOSH standard test procedure that is used for certification of 

respirators. Respirators assessed to this modified test plan do not meet the requirements of STP-0059, and 

therefore cannot be considered equivalent to N95 respirators that were tested to STP-0059. 

• Respirators tested may not be representative of all respirators with the same certification mark. NIOSH has no 

control over suppliers and distributors of respirators certified by other national or international parties.

• This assessment is not a confirmation that it conforms with any or all of its specifications in accordance with its 

certification mark. 

• This assessment was not a part of the NIOSH approval program. These results do not imply nor preclude a future 

approval through the NIOSH respirator approval program.

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NPPTL COVID-19 Response: International Respirator Assessment

Test: Modified TEB-APR-STP-0059

Date Tested: July 8, 2020

Report Prepared: July 8, 2020

Manufacturer: SAS Safety Corp

Item Tested: 8617A (Sample Group 2 of 2)

Country of Certification: U.S. (42CFR84)

Filter Flow Rate

(Lpm)

Initial Filter 

Resistance 

(mmH2O)

Initial Percent 

Leakage

(%)

Maximum 

Percent Leakage

(%)

Filter Efficiency

11 85 7.6 1.39 1.41 98.59

12 85 6.5 2.96 2.99 97.01

13 85 7.1 2.07 2.08 97.92

14 85 7.6 1.61 1.69 98.31

15 85 6.7 1.71 1.71 98.29

16 85 6.7 1.96 1.98 98.02

17 85 7.2 2.13 2.19 97.81

18 85 6.6 1.61 1.64 98.36

19 85 7.9 1.48 1.49 98.51

20 85 8.1 1.24 1.24 98.76

Minimum Filter Efficiency: 97.01 Maximum Filter Efficiency: 98.76

• The test method utilized in this assessment is not the NIOSH standard test procedure that is used for certification of 

respirators. Respirators assessed to this modified test plan do not meet the requirements of STP-0059, and therefore 

cannot be considered equivalent to N95 respirators that were tested to STP-0059. 

• Respirators tested may not be representative of all respirators with the same certification mark. NIOSH has no control 

over suppliers and distributors of respirators certified by other national or international parties.

• This assessment is not a confirmation that it conforms with any or all of its specifications in accordance with its 

certification mark. 

• This assessment was not a part of the NIOSH approval program. These results do not imply nor preclude a future 

approval through the NIOSH respirator approval program.
NPPTL COVID-19 Response: International Respirator Assessment
NPPTL COVID-19 Response: International Respirator Assessment
NPPTL COVID-19 Response: International Respirator Assessment
NPPTL COVID-19 Response: International Respirator Assessment
NPPTL COVID-19 Response: International Respirator Assessment