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- conjunction with an effective respiratory protection program (55,57,89) . The powered airflow to the halfmask respirator facepiece must exceed 4 cubic feet per minute and 6 cubic feet per minute is recommended. Two examples of this respirator type are given in Figures 1 and 2 on pages 34 and 35.
- NIOSH recommends that, when confirmed or potential tuberculosis transmitters are present at certain other hazardous locations and procedures indicated as "high" in Table 3 starting on page 40, NIOSH-certified, positive-pressure , air-line, halfmask respirators be used in conjunction with an effective respiratory protection program (55,57,89). An example of this respirator type is given in Figure 3 on page 36.
- NIOSH recommends that for all potential exposures to droplet nuclei containing tubercle bacilli, prudent public health practice dictates the use of respirators and a respiratory protection program which offers the highest efficacy and reliability of protection equal to or exceeding that specified in Table 3 starting on page 40.
- NIOSH recommends that any respirator provided to workers in health- care-facilities for personal respiratory protection be used in conjunction with an effective respiratory protection program (55,57,89) so that respirator wearers might receive the maximum personal protection their respirators are capable of providing.
