NIOSH revokes respirators temporarily approved for COVID-19 PHE
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health this week revoked eight N95 filtering facepiece respirator approvals and four powered air-purifying respirator approvals issued for the COVID-19 public health emergency that ended May 11, meaning health care providers may no longer use them.
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