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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 8.
Published in final edited form as: Workplace Health Saf. 2016 Aug;64(8):359–368. doi: 10.1177/2165079916657108

Table 4.

Sample Prevalence Instrument

Survey questions Answers
1. Which state is your health care facility located in? (select one state)
Below is an example of an N95 (courtesy of the OSHA).
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2. Have any of your employees used an N95 FFR at least once in the past year, including training exercises or fit testing?
Yes
No
3. Approximately how many of your employees have used an N95 FFR in the past year, including training exercises or fit testing? 10 or less
11-100
101-500
More than 500
4. What are the three most common types of N95 FFRs used in your health care facility? If not listed, please provide the name of the manufacturer and model number. 3M 1860/1860S
3M Aura 1870+
3M 8210/8110S
3M Aura 9210+
3M VFlex 1805/1805S
Gerson® 1730
Gerson® 2735
Kimberly-Clark PFR95-170 (46727)/PFR95174 (46827)
Kimberly-Clark PFR N95 (62355)/PFR N95 (62126)
Moldex® 1500
Moldex® 2200 series
Moldex® 3000 series
Safe Life® B130
Safe Life® B150
Other (please specify)
Below are examples of PAPRs (courtesy of OSHA).
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5. Have any of your employees used a PAPR at least once in the past year, including training exercises or fit testing?
Yes
No
6. Approximately how many of your employees have used a PAPR in the past year, including training exercises or fit testing? 10 or less
11-100
101-500
More than 500
7. What are the three most common types of PAPRs used in your health care facility? If not listed, please provide the name of the manufacturer and model number. 3MAirMate
3M Breathe Easy
3M Versa Flo
Bullard PA20
Bullard PA30
Bullard EVA
Syntech International MAXAIR®
ILC Dover Sentinel series
Other (please specify)
Below is an example of an elastomeric half-mask respirator (courtesy of OSHA).
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8. Have any of your employees used an EHFR at least once in the past year, including training exercises or fit testing?
Yes
No
9. Approximately how many of your employees have used an EHFR in the past year, including training exercises or fit testing? 10 or less
11 to 100
101 to 500
More than 500
10. What are the three most common types of EHFRs used in your health care facility? If not listed, please provide the name of the manufacturer and model number. 3M 6000 series
3M 7500 series
Honeywell Sperian® Survivair® Blue 1 Hversion
Honeywell Sperian® Survivair® Blue 1 Sseries
North® by Honeywell 5500 series Half-Mask
North® by Honeywell 7700 series Half-Mask
MSA Comfo Classic® Half-Mask
MSA Advantage® series Half-Mask
Other (please specify)
11. Do you have any comments, questions, or concerns about the material covered in this survey? If you would like a response, please provide your contact information. (free response space)

Note. OSHA = Occupational Safety and Health Administration; FFR = filtering facepiece respirators; PAPR = powered air-purifying respirators; EHFR = elastomeric half-facepiece respirators.