My company is having a hard time convincing male employees who wear tight-fitting respirators to shave their beards. Does TSI have any information on the subject?
Yes. Read TSI Applications Note ITI-028 Leakage Measurements on Wearers of Respiratory Protective Equipment with Facial Hair/Beards/Spectacles: Summary of a Literature Search. This is a copy of a magazine article summarizing many recent studies on facial hair. Without exception, every study concludes that facial hair causes poor fits.
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