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NIOSH TO LAUNCH NATIONAL EMPLOYER SURVEY OF RESPIRATOR USE AND PRACTICES

NIOSH to Launch National Employer Survey of Respirator Use and Practices
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OCTOBER 12, 2023

NIOSH UPDATE:

CONTACT: Stephanie Stevens, yky0@cdc.gov

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) will soon
launch a national survey of employers to assess current respirator use and
practices in their workplaces. The Survey of Respirator Use and Practices (SRUP)
is the first effort to collect updated data about respiratory protection across
all U.S. industries since the initial survey in 2001.

NIOSH will use the data to update the estimated number of U.S. companies using
respirators, detail the number of employees using respirators, determine why
respirators are being used, and reveal how U.S. employers manage respirator use.

“Respirators offer workers and the public protection from hazards such as those
created when providing healthcare to patients, using harsh chemicals for
cleaning or manufacturing, or fighting wildland or structural fires,” said
Maryann D’Alessandro, PhD, director of NIOSH’s National Personal Protective
Technology Laboratory. “We encourage all businesses to complete the survey about
their respirator use and practices. This information is critical to informing
future research and development within NIOSH’s Respirator Approval Program.”

The SRUP will help to ensure that NIOSH’s Respirator Approval Program can
address all respirator uses and practices, thereby providing crucial support to
workers and the public. The current survey comes at an important time, as newly
added questions since the 2001 survey will help to reveal how the COVID-19
pandemic impacted the landscape of respirator use throughout many industries.
Given the changes in respirator use over the last three years, it’s a critical
time to capture current respirator use and practices in manufacturing, mining,
agriculture, healthcare, public safety, construction, and services.

“The survey will provide a retrospective view of respirator use and procurement
challenges that arose during the COVID-19 pandemic,” added D’Alessandro. “This
will ensure better planning and preparedness for future pandemics.”

As the nation’s official approver for respirators, NIOSH establishes procedures
and prescribes requirements for inspections, examinations, and tests to
determine respirator effectiveness, per 42 CFR Part 84: Approval of Respiratory
Protective Devices.

Today, NIOSH’s Respirator Approval Program stands as the most robust respirator
certification and approval program across the globe. Many countries count on the
use of NIOSH Approved® respirators to provide workers and the public with these
life-saving protections. As examples from the U.S., the Occupational Safety and
Health Administration (OSHA), the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA),
and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) all require the use of NIOSH Approved
respirators when protection is required.

NIOSH will extend invitations to employers to complete this survey beginning
November 2. For any related questions, please contact ODAdmin@cdc.gov.

NIOSH Approved is a certification mark of the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS) registered in the United States and several international
jurisdictions.

NIOSH is the federal institute that conducts research and makes recommendations
for preventing work-related injuries, illnesses, and deaths. For more
information about NIOSH, visit www.cdc.gov/niosh.


Last Reviewed: October 12, 2023
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