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Memorandum, Enforcement Guidance on Decontamination of Filtering Facepiece Respirators in Healthcare During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Apr. 24, 2020)

Enforcement Guidance on Decontamination of Filtering Facepiece Respirators in Healthcare During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

OSHA Directorate of Enforcement Programs · United States Department of Labor, OSHA (federal agency) (Federal)

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Jurisdiction
United States Department of Labor, OSHA (federal agency)
Level
Federal
Authority
29 U.S.C. 657, 658
Issued
2020-04-24 Apr. 24, 2020
Effective
2020-04-24
End
Continued until the healthcare ETS framework (June 2021) (read as 2021-06-30)
In force
Apr. 24, 2020 to June 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Health care ordersWorkplace rulesSupply chain
Addressees
  • healthcare employers
  • OSHA field staff
Functions reached
  • IC crisis-capacity respirator reuse in hospitals, nursing homes, dental and home health
  • SC
Collection
Federal labor and immigration agencies AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION

Operative words

This memorandum provides interim guidance to Compliance Safety and Health Officers (CSHOs) for enforcing the Respiratory Protection standard, 29 CFR 1910.134, with regard to the reuse of filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs) that have been decontaminated... during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

Enforcement

Citation discretion under 29 U.S.C. 658

Notes

Federal acknowledgment that healthcare employers were decontaminating and reusing single-use respirators under crisis conditions in April 2020.

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