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Comparison of nanoparticle filtration performance of NIOSH-approved and CE-marked particulate filtering facepiece respiratorsSamy Rengasamy
National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 626 Cochrans Mill Road, PO Box 18070, Pittsburgh, PA 15236, USA
Ann Occup Hyg 53:117-28. 2009....
Total inward leakage of nanoparticles through filtering facepiece respiratorsSamy Rengasamy
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory, Technology Research Branch, Pittsburgh, PA 15236, USA
Ann Occup Hyg 55:253-63. 2011..Further studies on face seal leakage of nanoparticles for respirator users in workplaces are needed to better understand the respiratory protection against nanoparticle exposure...
Nanoparticle penetration through filter media and leakage through face seal interface of N95 filtering facepiece respiratorsSamy Rengasamy
Policy and Standard Development Branch, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory, 626 Cochrans Mill Road, PO Box 18070, Pittsburgh, PA 15236, USA
Ann Occup Hyg 56:568-80. 2012..Overall, the data obtained in the study suggest that good fitting respirators with lower filter penetration values would provide better protection against nanoparticles...
Evaluation of the performance of the N95-companion: effects of filter penetration and comparison with other aerosol instrumentsSamy Rengasamy
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15236, USA
J Occup Environ Hyg 9:417-26. 2012....
Nanoparticle filtration performance of NIOSH-certified particulate air-purifying filtering facepiece respirators: evaluation by light scattering photometric and particle number-based test methodsSamy Rengasamy
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15236, USA
J Occup Environ Hyg 9:99-109. 2012....
Evaluation of the filtration performance of NIOSH-approved N95 filtering facepiece respirators by photometric and number-based test methodsSamy Rengasamy
National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15236, USA
J Occup Environ Hyg 8:23-30. 2011....
Simple respiratory protection--evaluation of the filtration performance of cloth masks and common fabric materials against 20-1000 nm size particlesSamy Rengasamy
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory Technology Research Branch, Pittsburgh, PA 15236, USA
Ann Occup Hyg 54:789-98. 2010..Results obtained in the study show that common fabric materials may provide marginal protection against nanoparticles including those in the size ranges of virus-containing particles in exhaled breath...
Development of a test system to evaluate procedures for decontamination of respirators containing viral dropletsEvanly Vo
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory, Pittsburgh, PA 15236, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 75:7303-9. 2009..20 J/cm(2); UV intensity, 0.4 mW/cm(2); contact times, > or =5 h), all MS2 was inactivated. These findings may lead to development of a standard method to test decontamination of respirators challenged by viral droplets...
Evaluation of the survivability of MS2 viral aerosols deposited on filtering face piece respirator samples incorporating antimicrobial technologiesSamy Rengasamy
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory, Pittsburgh, PA 15236, USA
Am J Infect Control 38:9-17. 2010....
Filtration performance of NIOSH-approved N95 and P100 filtering facepiece respirators against 4 to 30 nanometer-size nanoparticlesSamy Rengasamy
Technology ResearchBranch, National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15236, USA
J Occup Environ Hyg 5:556-64. 2008..The filtration data for 4-30 nm monodisperse particles supports previous studies that indicate NIOSH-approved air-purifying respirators provide expected levels of filtration protection against nanoparticles...
Development of a test system to apply virus-containing particles to filtering facepiece respirators for the evaluation of decontamination proceduresEdward Fisher
EG and G Technical Services, Inc, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15236, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 75:1500-7. 2009....
