Presenters:
Dave Rousse, President, INDA, and Jeff Stull, President, International Personnel Protection, Inc.
When the pandemic hit and supply chains for N95
respirators and medical/surgical facemasks were cut off overnight, there was a
tremendous need for supply of these PPE items. US meltblown capacity was not
robust enough to meet demand.
The industry needed to conserve meltblown for the
healthcare sector while using other nonwoven media to provide protection
to the general public. INDA worked with NIOSH (part of the CDC) and ASTM to
develop a performance standard for general public facemasks that ensured comfort,
fit, and some level of protection for the wearer as well as those around the
wearer.
This webinar will discuss the two performance levels of the new
facemask standard, the test methods, and the opportunities created for facemask
designers and filter media makers who want to capitalize on this new benchmark
for true personal protection.