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Technical Assistance for Characterization Studies of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) (Final CTAP Report)
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) conducted an independent assessment of three different certified N95 respirators for the State of New Mexico Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. The testing conducted under this effort mimicked traditional NIOSH certification testing methodologies, where possible (NIOSH 2019). This included the use of a commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) instrument typically used in industry for N95 respirator certification (ATI 2018). The COTS system, an Air Techniques International 100Xs automated filter tester, was used for all the testing reported in this document. It is important to note that SNL is NOT a certification laboratory, and all quantitative results are for informational purposes only. Additional technical information of N95-related efforts conducted by this team may be found in: Omana et al. (2020a), Omana et al. (2020b), Celina et al. (2020)