Disposable Respirators

Recent CDC infection control guidance documents provide recommendations that healthcare workers protect themselves from diseases potentially spread through the air (such as SARS or tuberculosis) by wearing a respirator.

An N95 respirator is one of nine types of disposable particulate respirators.

Particulate respirators are also known as "air-purifying respirators" because they protect by filtering particles out of the air you breathe.

Workers can wear any one of the particulate respirators for protection against diseases spread through the air.