NIOSH-Approved Particulate Filtering Facepiece Respirators

This site provides a listing of NIOSH-approved particulate filtering facepiece respirators. This type of air-purifying respirators protects by filtering particles out of the air the user is breathing. There are seven classes of filters for NIOSH-approved filtering facepiece respirators available at this time. Ninety-five percent is the minimal level of filtration that will be approved by NIOSH. The N, R and P designations refer to the filter's oil resistance as described in the table below.

To view the list of products currently approved by NIOSH, select the type class of protective product you are seeking (e.g. N95, N99, etc) from the above chart. A table will open with all of the NIOSH-approved products appearing by brand. Links to the manufacturers’ web sites are provided as a courtesy to users and NIOSH is not responsible for the content of those pages. Also included is the manufacturer’s phone number, product model number, approval number (84A-XXXX), an indication if the product has an exhalation valve, and the user donning instructions. The manufacturer’s donning procedure and/or user instructions are also provided here as a courtesy to the user. Each manufacturer is responsible for updating the links on their web site and/or providing NIOSH with an updated or revised copy when changes are made.

The tables were created to provide easy access to a comprehensive listing of NIOSH-approved particulate filtering facepiece respirators and also to provide easy access to the donning process/user instructions. The tables are not updated as frequently as the certified equipment list, which is the official NIOSH certification record.

Due to the transitive nature of company holdings, if the manufacturing company you are looking for does not appear, please refer to the parent company listed under the notes column for product information. A list of Respirator Manufacturer Prior Names is provided as a service to users and may not be all inclusive due to NIOSH not being notified of name changes, mergers, etc.

Searching for a Product Using the Certified Equipment List

If you have a product that is not listed on the provided tables use the searchable certified equipment list.

Follow these steps to search for NIOSH-approved disposable particulate respirators:

If your product is not listed, you should scroll through the list of “Private Label” products.

Filtering Facepiece Respirator (FFR) Labels

As of November 2, 2008 approval requests require individual filtering facepiece respirator (FFR) labels^* to have five distinctive markings on their exterior surface:

Sample of a generic filtering facepiece respirator with appropriate markings.

Filtering facepiece respirators that are private labeled are required to have the following statement on the packaging as a special S caution and limitation statement identified on the full label and located in the respirator user instructions:

• Marketed by xxxxxx (the private label company name).
• Produced by xxxxxx (the approval holder company name).

This private label related statement does not need to appear on the exterior surface of the respirator as part of the required name marking.

* Filtering facepiece respirators approved prior to September 30, 2008 must meet the labeling requirement for new production by September 30, 2010. This policy is effective 60 days from the date of the letter for future approval requests. All currently approved FFR must meet this labeling requirement for new production within two years from the date of the policy letter.