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NIOSH N95 Certified Masks with FDA Approval

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Updated: March 15, 2007

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How Can You Find a NIOSH certified FDA Approved N95 Mask?:

The National Institute for Safety and Health (NIOSH), part of the Centers for Disease Control, has published a list of manufacturers who provide NIOSH certified N95 masks. Below is a list of manufacturers and model numbers of N95 masks that are NIOSH-certified and FDA-approved.

Call the toll free number of the manufacturer listed for distributors in your area. NIOSH approval numbers are listed in the complete list.

See this article about masks for preventing infectious diseases for an overview about masks.

3M Company: 3M Company Tel. 1-888-397-3577 (1-888-3M HELPS)

Models: 1860, 1870 Filtering Facepiece.

Aearo Corporation: Aearo Corporation, 1-866-546-6835

Models: Pleats N95 1050, 1050S, 1052, 50250, 5025.

Inovel, LLC: Inovel, LLC, 866-546-6835

Models: FRN95-S, FRN95-ML, FRN95-A, FRN95-XS, FRN95-SEZ, FRN95-MLEZ, FRN95-AEZ, 3000N95-XS, 3000N95-S, 3001N95-S, 3002N95-M, 3003N95-L, 3004N95-LP, 3101N95-S, 3102N95-M/L, 3104N95-A.

Kimberly-Clark Corporation: Kimberly-Clark Corporation, 1-800-534-3577

Models: PFR95 or Preventer95, PFR95-174, PFR95-274, PFR95-170, PFR95-270.

Louis M. Gerson Company: Louis M. Gerson Company, Inc., 1-800-225-8623

Models: 2130, 2131.

Survivair, Inc.: Survivair, Inc. 800-821-7236

Models: 1930 and 1940 disposable respirator.

Other companies: Other companies may tout a mask that uses NIOSH certified materials, but that does not mean they have gone through the NIOSH certification process. Since the bird flu scare started in 2003, many companies have masks in the certification process and this list may change to reflect new products entering the market that are newly NIOSH certified.
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