The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Announcement Opportunity for Businesses To Partner With National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) on a Research Project To Evaluate the Reusability of Disposable Filtering Facepiece Respirators (FFR) Used for Protection Against Infectious Aerosols

摘要

The National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory (NPPTL), NIOSH, is conducting research to determine the reusability of filtering facepiece respirators (FFR) exposed to infectious aerosols. One aim of this research is to address whether NIOSH-certified FFR are suitable for reuse after decontamination. NIOSH proposes to study the effects of decontaminating a diverse array of FFR including NIOSH- certified N95, P100, and N95 filtering facepiece respirator/surgical mask. This project will also study the survivability of a simulant influenza virus on FFR. NIOSH plans to include in the research study some of the respirator models that have been stockpiled by the U.S government to be used in the event of an influenza pandemic. NIOSH also plans to include models that have head straps versus those that do not have head straps, as well as models with and without exhalation valves. Through this announcement, NIOSH is seeking to identify FFR products or prototypes that possess anti-viral or other novel technologies that disinfect or sterilize infectious aerosols (e.g., viruses) as part of their materials of construction. Program funding constraints may limit the number of candidate resp