Mobile Health Respirator Fit Test Site Simplifies OSHA Compliance
Mobile Health has launched RespiratorFitTest.com, a one-stop web site where businesses of any size can request OSHA-mandated Respirator Fit Tests (RFTs) to protect employees. Respirator Fit Tests ensure the proper fitting of workers’ N95s and other half-face masks, protecting them from airborne hazards, including COVID-19, and are mandated by OSHA Respiratory Protection Standards. Ignoring OSHA[Read the Rest]
Fit-Testing the New N95 Wearers
Respiratory protection has come a long way from the animal bladder skins and wet cloths advocated in the 1800s for guarding against harmful inhalants. And as respirator technology advanced, landmark events have created a legion of new N95 wearers. Along the way, Mobile Health has conducted Respirator Fit Tests to protect workers and help businesses[Read the Rest]
Mobile RFT Teams Deploy to Hard-Hit Hospitals
As the United States exceeds 3 million reported COVID-19 cases, surges in hospitalizations in hard-hit states continue to tax frontline workers. Currently, dozens of Florida hospital intensive care units (ICUs) are at or near capacity, while COVID-19 hospitalizations in Texas reached an all-time high of nearly 10,000 patients. Mobile Health will soon deploy mobile RFT[Read the Rest]
A Dentistry First: Fit Testing Events in PA
With support from Mobile Health, the Pennsylvania Dental Association (PDA) achieved a nationwide ‘first’ for dentistry: a multi-site respirator fit testing event for members. As soon as the Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) required N95 or KN95 respirators for all dentists, PDA president James A.H. Tauberg, DMD, sought an efficient respirator fit testing (RFT) solution[Read the Rest]
Readying Nursing Home Staff for N95 Respirators
Even as long-term care facilities resume normal activities, the CDC urges higher levels of personal protective equipment (PPE) for nursing home staff, including the wearing of N95 respirators or higher. The CDC issued PPE guidance for nursing home staff handling patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 cases. The virus has extracted a deadly toll on[Read the Rest]
Helping Vendors Adapt to Hospital Re-Entry Rules
As elective surgeries resume, vendors face stricter ambulatory surgery center (ASC) and hospital re-entry rules. More stringent rules affect medical device representatives present during certain aerosol-generating surgical procedures. Those reps should don fit-tested N95 respirators with face shields or surgical N95 respirators, according to Joint Re-Entry Guidance from the AHA, AORN and AdvaMed. New Safety[Read the Rest]
Reducing Risk for Dentists and Small Businesses
Our recent efforts ‘behind the lines’ to clear thousands of frontline workers remain a source of great pride at Mobile Health. That frontline now includes dentists eager to resume work despite the risks. To assist, respirator fit tests for dentists are now offered at various on-site testing events, in our clinics and thousands of our[Read the Rest]
Respirator Safety Resources Page
Given the importance of respiratory protection, businesses should develop a plan to promote safe and responsible respirator use. Also, businesses should periodically examine their respirator practices. Below you’ll find some resources to help you promote respirator safety in the workplace. Respirator Fit Test Information OSHA requires first-time wearers of N95 respirator masks to undergo a[Read the Rest]
