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42 CFR 84.178: Breath response type, airflow resistance test—PAPR classes HE and PAPR100.

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  1. Title 42—Public Health
  2. CHAPTER I—PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
  3. SUBCHAPTER G—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
  4. PART 84—APPROVAL OF RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
  5. Subpart K—Air-Purifying Particulate Respirators

Resistance to airflow will be measured with a breathing machine as described in § 84.88.

(a) Minimum inhalation resistance must be greater than zero mm of water-column height.

(b) Maximum exhalation resistance must be less than 89 mm of water-column height.

Collected 2026-08-27T02:26:11Z. Source file · JSON

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