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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 27.
Published in final edited form as: J Occup Environ Hyg. 2017 Jun;14(6):473–481. doi: 10.1080/15459624.2017.1296233

Table 2.

Percentage of 101 respirator models meeting the specified RFC criteria using five different evaluation methods for acceptable fit.a

Percentage of 101 Models Meeting the Specified PPR (%)
Criteria for Determining Acceptable Fit 19 of 25 Subjects Passing (PPR >75%) 13 of 25 Subjects Passing (PPR >50%)
Criterion 1: Achieve
 Harmonic Mean FF ≥100 for Three Donnings
13 35
Criterion 2: Achieve Two FFs
 ≥100 On First Two Donnings
10 31
Criterion 3: Achieve FF ≥100
 On First Donning
19 40
Criterion 4: Achieve FF ≥100
 On At Least One of First Two Donnings
29 55
Criterion 5: Achieve FF ≥100
 On At Least One of Three Donnings
32 58
a

Analysis performed as individual models (i.e., models were not grouped as families for this analysis).