What's New on the NPPTL Website

The following is a listing of items posted to the NPPTL Web site in 2019. Postings prior to 2019 can be found in the NPPTL What’s New Archives.

April 3, 2019

• CA 2019-1015 – Resolution to Issue Affecting Gas and Vapor Testing for NIOSH Respirator Approvals, supersedes NIOSH CA 2019-1014

March 18, 2019

• PPE CASE 2019-0101 – Point-of-Use Assessment for Self-Contained Self-Rescuers Randomly Sampled from Mining Districts: Third Phase

March 14, 2019

• CA 2019-1014 – Issue Affecting Gas and Vapor Testing for NIOSH Respirator Approvals

February 26, 2019

• CA 2019-1013 – NIOSH labeling requirements for air-purifying and powered air-purifying respirators, effective March 1, 2019. Supersedes the July 19, 1995 Letter to All Respirator Manufacturers
• CA 2019-1012 – NIOSH Respirator Approval Contents and Meaning. Supersedes: March 17, 2006 Respirator User Notice – Meaning of NIOSH Approvals May 15, 2015 Letter to All Respirator Manufacturers – NIOSH Respirator Certificate of Approval, Approval Labels and User Instructions
• CA 2018-1006-R1 – Self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) user information regarding compressed breathing gas containers (cylinders), NIOSH approval holder user instructions, and Department of Transportation (DOT) permit and marking. Revised: Supersedes the August 2018 version

February 5, 2019

• PPE CASE – TN 22547 – Watertown Fire DepartmentCdc-pdf

January 15, 2019

• CA 2019-1011 – NIOSH Respirator Approval Program’s use of the NIOSH Bivariate Panel during Isoamyl Acetate Fit Testing beginning February 1, 2019, Supersedes: May 18, 2005 Letter to All Respirator Manufacturers

January 14, 2019

• Filtering Facepiece Respirators – Approvals for N95 and R95 (January)