respirator
noun
Note: Particulate respirator masks are only able to filter out particles and are not effective against gases or vapors. A numerical rating (such as 95 or 99) is sometimes assigned to such a respirator to indicate the percentage of airborne particles filtered. A letter may also be assigned to indicate whether it is somewhat resistant (R), not resistant (NR), or strongly resistant (P) to the degrading effects of oil on proper respirator function.
Examples of respirator in a Sentence
Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024
Renee Tajima-Peña, a senior faculty member, stood in a line outside Royce Hall to make a donation for the protesters: solar phone chargers, a poncho, some respirators.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
Small equals airborne equals hospital isolation rooms, respirator masks, and other costly control measures.
—Megan Molteni, STAT, 18 Apr. 2024
The agency’s early statements backed employers’ insistence that N95 masks, or respirators, were needed only during certain medical procedures conducted at extremely close distances.
—Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 18 Mar. 2024
Wildland firefighters eschew respirators since most are bulky and can be operated for only about 30 minutes at a time.
—ProPublica, 16 Mar. 2024
The standards also recommend the use of gloves, a respirator, a fume hood, and the availability of naloxone.
—Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2024
But if measures such as improving ventilation and dust control don’t get lead levels below the state limit, employees must be protected with respirators as well.
—Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2024
The respirator got her through the worst of the pneumonia.
—Maria Kefalas, STAT, 22 Dec. 2023
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respirator
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Note: Particulate respirator masks are only able to filter out particles and are not effective against gases or vapors. A numerical rating (such as 95 or 99) is sometimes assigned to a particulate respirator to indicate the percentage of airborne particles filtered. A letter may also be assigned to indicate whether it is somewhat resistant (R), not resistant (NR), or strongly resistant (P) to the degrading effects of oil on proper respirator function.
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