NIOSH RESPIRATOR USERS' NOTICE
Subject: Misleading representation of the Nano Guard Particulate
Respirator as a NIOSH
Approved N-95 Respirator
It has been brought to the attention of the National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH) through the process of a product audit, that 2HDistributors is
representing and selling a
Particulate Respirator called Nano Guard as a NIOSH approved
respirator.
The Nano Guard respirator is individually packaged and improperly
labeled with the NIOSH
and Department of Health and Human Services logos. Additionally, the
label contains a NIOSH
approval number, TC-84A-4175, which was not issued to 2HDistributors.
The Nano Guard
package label is illustrated below.
A NIOSH approval is issued to a respirator only after it has been
evaluated in the laboratory and
found to comply with all the requirements of Title 42, Code of Federal
Regulations, Part 84,
including a review of the manufacturer's quality plan. The Nano Guard
N95 Particulate
Respirator is not certified and approved by NIOSH.
Sincerely yours,
Heinz W. Ahlers
Chief, Technology Evaluation Branch
National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory
Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC)
National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health (NIOSH)
National Personal Protective
Technology Laboratory (NPPTL)
P.O. Box 18070
Pittsburgh, PA 15236-0070
Phone: 412-386-4000
Fax: 412-386-4051