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Fit Testing: 
RESPIRATOR N95 /FULL HALF FACE MASK FIT TESTING & OSHA COMPLIANCE DOCUMENTATION

OSHA’s Yearly Respiratory Protection Standard (29 CFR 1910.134 requires employees to be medically cleared and fit tested before wearing a respirator; a physician or other licensed health care professional must review the employees’ medical evaluations. We are here to help you complete all OSHA mask fit testing requirements assist with OSHA reporting & paperwork requirements.

 

  • OSHA Respiratory Compliance Program with Medical Clearance

  • Complete Professional Fit Testing Services supplies, including pre-clinic education materials, testing supplies, and fit test certification documentation. We fit test your employees with N-95/N-100 respirator (TB masks), half-face/full-face respirators, and do disposable dust mask fit tests as specified by current OSHA-accepted respirator fit test protocols.

  • We fit test any any brand, any type. All dusk mask fit tests, half mask respirator fit tests, and other respirator testing, regardless of product preference, are provided by technicians trained in OSHA fit testing protocols.

  • Flexible scheduling to accommodate your employees.

  • Full HIPPA compliance; confidentiality of protected employee medical information is ensured.

QUALITATIVE RESPIRATOR FIT TEST (QLFT):

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Qualitative fit testing is a pass/fail method used on half-masks that relies on senses - such as taste and smell - to detect air leakage from your respirator. The half masks being tested much have an overall fit factor (mask particle concentration divided by the ambient particle concentration) of 100 or less. The test relies on a harmless, yet bitter-tasting chemicals called Bitrex, which will determine whether you pass. Rather than measuring the amount of leakage into the facepiece, the qualitative fit test determines whether the facepiece is in working order. Unfortunately, if you taste a bitter substance, it is a fail.

Specifically, at Examinetics, we offer taste only tests. For those who cannot detect bitter taste, we offer saccharin, an artificial sweetener, as a replacement. 

· Bitrex: a chemical that leaves a bitter taste in your mouth

· Saccharin: a chemical that leaves a sweet taste in your mouth

QUANTITATIVE RESPIRATOR FIT TEST (QNFT):

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Workplace Quantitative fit testing is the process to measure the precise amount of leakage into any tight-fitting facepieces. Instead of relying on bitter-tasting chemicals and your senses, the test is performed by a machine calculating the measurements. Typically, the facepiece is attached to a probe, which is connected to the measuring machine by a hose. According to OSHA regulations, there are three acceptable quantitative fit test methods: 

· General aerosol

· Ambient aerosol

· Controlled negative pressure

Upon completion of the test, each eligible employee has issued a card listing the make, model and sizes of the respirator they received a passed fit test. You also receive a location wide respirator fit summary report that includes a listing of all your employees tested, the make, the model and size they are cleared to wear. 

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