2019-nCoV Frequently Asked Questions about Respirators and Their Use | NLM

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2019-nCoV Frequently Asked Questions about Respirators and Their Use

02/08/2020 12:00 AM EST

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Infectious Diseases (CDC OID). Published: 2/8/2020. This fact sheet is intended to address frequently asked questions about respirators and their use. Topics include wearing a respirator in public, the N95 filtering facepiece respirator (FFR), the Surgical N95 respirator and who needs to wear it, and a N95 respirator with an exhalation valve. (Text)