Below is a list of resources from various sources including the Washington Administrative Code (WAC), L&I, DOH, and CDC/NIOSH. The information listed here can assist you in understanding the requirements, provide you with tools to help keep you on track, give you reminders on how to do things, and other resources.
Please use these resources to help plan and maintain your facility’s respiratory protection program.
General
- WAC 296-842, Respirators
- What is a Respiratory Protection Program?
- Respiratory Protection Program – Guidance for Long-term Care Facilities (For facility leadership)
- Respiratory Protection Program Administrator (RPA): Guidelines for Long-term Care Facilities
- Definitions of Terms and Acronyms for N95 Qualitative Fit Testing
- Respirator Program Planning Checklist
Written Program
- WAC 296-842-12005 – Develop and maintain a written program.
- L&I - Respirator Program Template for COVID-19 Prevention in Long-term Care Facilities
Respirator Medical Evaluation
- WAC 296-842-14005 – Provide medical evaluations.
- WAC 296-842-22005 – Use this medical questionnaire for medical evaluations.
You can do an internet search for respirator medical evaluation resources/companies that provide medical evaluations.
Employee Training
Fit testing
- WAC 296-842-15005 – Conduct Fit Testing
- WAC 296-842-22010 – Follow these fit-testing procedures for tight fitting respirators
- Fit Test (QLFT) vs. Seal Check
- CDC – Facial Hairstyles and Filtering Facepiece Respirators
- A close shave can save
- Rainbow passage
- List of fit test exercises
- Evaluating the Fit Test Conductor in the LTC Facility (Qualitative Method using Bitrex or Saccharine Solution)
- N95 Fit Test Tips
- N95 Fit Testing for the Hearing Impaired
- Qualitative Fit Test Kit Options
- Reminder sheet for fit testing
- OSHA Respirator Training information
- Donning/Doffing video
- How to don and doff various types of N95 respirators
- Fit testing L&I: At the end of this video, there is a short quiz. You can have your fit testers get a screen shot of their quiz result for recordkeeping purposes, which is optional.
Other
- DOH - COVID-19 Infection Prevention in Health Care Settings website
- DOH - Controlled Air-Purifying Respirator - Maxair (PDF) – A Quick Reference Guide
- L&I Consultation Services
Videos
Watch these three videos to learn how to do a qualitative fit test:
- Introduction to Fit Testing (9 minutes)
- Equipment Overview (23 minutes)
- Fit Testing (29 minutes)
Watch these videos to learn how to put on (don), take off (doff), and seal check an N95:
- OSHA Respirator Safety video (YouTube, 9:16- includes don, doff, and seal check)
- OSHA Donning and Doffing an N95 video (YouTube, 2:02)
- OSHA User Seal Check video (YouTube, 4:39)