What’s New on the NPPTL Website

The following is a listing of items posted to the NPPTL Web site in 2022. Postings prior to 2022 can be found in the NPPTL What’s New Archives.

September 19, 2022

• Press Release – Winners Announced for The NIOSH Protective Clothing Challenge

September 8, 2022

• Respirator Selection Guide for the Construction Industry DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2022-123

September 6, 2022

• Respiratory Protection Week, September 6-9, 2022
• Science Blog – Respiratory Protection Week 2022: Staying Committed to Proper Respiratory Protection Practices
• NIOSH Respirator Approval Program: Post-Market Evaluations
• Infographic – How to Wear Your Filtering Facepiece Respirator

August 25, 2022

• CA 2022-1047 – A NIOSH-approved respirator cannot be altered to improve fit. Superseded notice NIOSH CA 2021-1037

August 11, 2022

• CA 2022-1046 – Meeting with Respirator Approval Holders, September 7, 2022, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM EST, Virtual via Zoom

July 26, 2022

• Coming Soon – Respiratory Protection Week, September 6-9, 2022. View resources and learn how to participate.

July 22, 2022

• Equitable Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Protections Workshop – Meeting at a Glance

July 19, 2022

• CA 2022-1041-R1 – Effective Immediately – NIOSH fraud and fraudulent statements policy and new information about using NIOSH marks. This notice and NIOSH CA 2022-1040 supersede NIOSH CA 2022-1041 and NIOSH CA 2021-1032

June 22, 2022

• CA 2022-1045 – Updated Information for NIOSH-Approval Holders having Public Health Emergency (PHE) Approvals issued during the COVID-19 Response, and the NIOSH action to obsolete (phase out) these PHE approvals. Supersedes NIOSH CA 2021-1036
• CA 2022-1044 – Immediate information for respirator users regarding NIOSH Public Health Emergency (PHE) Approvals issued during the COVID-19 Response and the action to obsolete (phase out) these PHE approvals

May 16, 2022

• Federal Register Notice – Draft National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Healthcare Personal Protective Technology (PPT) Targets for 2020 to 2030; Request for Comment

April 6, 2022

• Hospital Respiratory Protection Program Toolkit DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2015-117 (revised April 2022)

March 28, 2022

• CA 2022-1043 – Effective Immediately: Voluntary Rescission of Pacific PPE Corporation Approvals

March 8, 2022

• PPE CASE – TN 25514 – Bedford County, Virginia, Fire and Rescue

February 25, 2022

• CA 2022-1041 – Effective Immediately – NIOSH fraud and fraudulent statements policy and new information about using NIOSH marks. This notice and NIOSH CA 2022-1040 supersede NIOSH CA 2021-1032
• CA 2022-1040 – Effective Immediately – Prioritization of applications submitted by existing domestic approval holders and new domestic applicants for new approvals or extensions-of-approval for particulate filtering respirators, including Surgical N95 respirators. This prioritization does not include private-label requests. This notice and NIOSH CA 2022-1041 supersede NIOSH CA 2021-1032

February 14, 2022

• Science Blog – N95 Love – Staying True to the NIOSH Approval

February 10, 2022

• Science Blog – Release of National Academies Consensus Study Report on Protecting Workers and the Public From Inhalation Hazards

January 11, 2022

• CA 2022-1042 – Effective Immediately: Voluntary Rescission of ALG Health Approvals

January 10, 2022

• Technical Report – Evaluation of Exhalation Resistance and Inspired Carbon Dioxide Concentration in Elastomeric Half-Mask Respirators with Modified or Covered Exhalation Valves