(f) Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Respirators and other PPE when exposure suspected or confirmed COVID-19: You must provide respirators and other PPE during aerosol-generating or other procedures when your employees have exposure to a person with suspected or confirmed COVID-19.
You must also ensure that employees use appropriate PPE in accordance with subpart I, Personal Protective Equipment. Appropriate PPE includes:
- a respirator,
- gloves,
- an isolation gown or protective clothing, and
- eye protection
Elastomeric Half Facepiece Respirator
When there is a limited supply of filtering facepiece respirators, you may follow the CDC’s Strategies for Optimizing the Supply of N95 Respirators.
Where possible, you are encouraged to select elastomeric respirators or PAPRs instead of filtering facepiece respirators:
- to prevent shortages and supply chain disruption; and
- for aerosol-generating procedures on a person suspected or confirmed with COVID-19.
Additional requirements specific to aerosol-generating procedures on people with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 are contained in paragraph (g). For more information visit CDC's National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory (NPPTL).
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1-6. Which respirator type is recommended by CDC for use in aerosol-generating procedures?
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