Revocation of NIOSH Public Health Emergency Respirator Approvals
Between May and November 2020, NIOSH issued limited, temporary Public Health Emergency (PHE) approvals for N95 filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs) and powered air-purifying respirators (PAPRs) to address respirator supply shortages during that time. In June 2022, NIOSH obsoleted the remaining PHE approvals and advised users to phase-out the use of these respirators in advance of […]