Respiratory Protective Equipment (RPE) Standard – Disposable Filtering Half Mask on N95, FFP2 and KN95

Authors

  • Baderin Osman National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Lot 1, Jalan 15/1, Seksyen 15, 43650 Bandar Baru Bangi, Selangor, MALAYSIA
  • Abdul Mutalib Bin Leman Lecturer
  • K.A Rahman Oil and Gas Research Group (OGRG), Faculty of Engineering Technology, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, KM 1 Jalan Panchor 84600, Muar, Johor, MALAYSIA
  • Nik Normunira Mat Hasan Oil and Gas Research Group (OGRG), Faculty of Engineering Technology, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, KM 1 Jalan Panchor 84600, Muar, Johor, MALAYSIA
  • Ng Goot Seong Oil and Gas Research Group (OGRG), Faculty of Engineering Technology, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, KM 1 Jalan Panchor 84600, Muar, Johor, MALAYSIA
  • M.Syafiq Muzarpar Oil and Gas Research Group (OGRG), Faculty of Engineering Technology, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, KM 1 Jalan Panchor 84600, Muar, Johor, MALAYSIA
  • Salwa Mohamad Oil and Gas Research Group (OGRG), Faculty of Engineering Technology, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, KM 1 Jalan Panchor 84600, Muar, Johor, MALAYSIA
  • Halah Mohamad National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Lot 1, Jalan 15/1, Seksyen 15, 43650 Bandar Baru Bangi, Selangor, MALAYSIA

Keywords:

Occupational Safety and Health (OSH), Respiratory Protective Equipment (RPE), Disposable Filtering Half Mask, N95, FFP2, KN95

Abstract

Workplace and work activities issued many harmful substances that contaminating the air. Therefore, the employer needs to select a standard disposable filtering half mask for the workers in order to prevent them from harmful substance. This study presents current literature search of RPE standard in certain countries such as United States (US), United Kingdom (UK) and China. The selection of the standard disposable filtering half masks has to guide by Assigned Protection Factor (APF) according to working condition activity. The APF includes the suitability factor such as effectiveness towards particle and gas/vapour, continuous wear time and APF types (4, 10, 20, 40, 200, and 2000).

Author Biography

  • Abdul Mutalib Bin Leman, Lecturer
    Department of Plant & Automofive Eng.

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Published

12-06-2022

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1 (2022)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Osman, B. ., Leman, A. M. B., Rahman, K. ., Mat Hasan, N. N. ., Seong, N. G. ., Muzarpar, M. ., Mohamad, S., & Mohamad, H. (2022). Respiratory Protective Equipment (RPE) Standard – Disposable Filtering Half Mask on N95, FFP2 and KN95. Journal of Advanced Industrial Technology and Application, 3(1), 50-54. https://publisher.uthm.edu.my/ojs/index.php/jaita/article/view/11366