NIOSH Emphasizes N95 Respirator Use As Concern Grows About Airborne Viruses

NIOSH is again making a strong push nationally for employers to embrace workers' use of N95 or greater NIOSH-certified respirators in environments containing possible airborne hazards -- with a particular emphasis on the health care sector, where concern has been heightened recently about air-transmissible diseases such as influenza and even the appearance in some spots in the United States of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS).