Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) of Respiratory Protective Devices

On February 4, 2020, the HHS Secretary declared that circumstances exist to justify the authorization of emergency use of additional respiratory protective devices in healthcare settings during the COVID-19 outbreak. The FDA is providing frequent updates for manufacturers, facilities, and local/state jurisdictions about Emergency Use Authorizations (EUA) for respirators and other types of personal protective equipment. The FDA has issued EUAs to authorize all NIOSH approved particulate-filtering air purifying respirators (APRs)external icon to be used in healthcare settings, including all NIOSH approved filtering facepiece respirators, elastomeric APRs, powered air purifying respirators, expired NIOSH-approved filtering facepiece respirators, and respirators that have been decontaminated pursuant to the terms and conditions of an authorized decontamination system. The authorized decontamination systems are listed on the FDA EUA website. In addition, non-NIOSH-approved disposable filtering facepiece respirators within the context of the posted EUAexternal icon are permitted for use as well.

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