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Face Fit Testing Services

What is face fit testing?

A face fit test is designed to ensure a person's mask fits their face shape and size. If you wear a mask at work that relies on making a seal with your face then you need a face fit test. 

In the UK, respiratory-related diseases and conditions account for the third-largest work-related illness. Those most affected are; metal plate workers, vehicle body builders, plumbers, gas fitters, carpenters and bakers.

What are the legal requirements?

Any organisation providing Respiratory Protective Equipment (RPE), under COSHH (Control Of Substances Hazardous To Health) regulations, must ensure the wearer has been properly Fit tested. This is to make sure that the RPE correctly fitted to provide effective protection from hazardous substances.

Our Fit2Fit qualified staff have more than 15 years’ experience delivering face fit services. Tests take place either at a client’s premises or at one of our offices. The testing and training take around 30 minutes per individual with the trainer providing full guidance and support on how to maximise their protection.

We provide both quantitative and qualitative face fit testing and training. Both methods result in matching an individual's face shape with a compatible mask to ensure a tight seal is acheived.

Type of hazards that need Respiratory Protective Equipment:

  • Dust 
  • Asbestos
  • Other fibres
  • Respiratory sensitizers 
  • Bioaerosols
  • Where a person may be exposed to public health hazard such as flu virus. 

How our experts can help: 

  • RPE auditing programmes 
  • In-house training for clients needing an in-house face fit testing programme
  • COSHH compliance
  • Control of Asbestos Regulations

For more advice, or to speak to an expert complete the quick quote form below. We also provide face fit testing training in both qualitative and quantitative testing methods as well as courses in managing RPE.

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EVENTS
20 October
2021
In partnership with the ICBA

Particles and Health 2021

  • 20 October 2021
  • Running from the 20.10.21 to 21.10.21

IOM is proud to be sponsoring the Particles and Health conference, a two day event designed for regulators and researchers to:

  • Address scientific studies regarding human health effects of PSLTs. The value of human studies over animal studies-when human-exposed populations can be studied adequately- will be emphasized.
  • ​Review and discuss definition of PSLT’s proposed at Edinburgh workshop and published in 2020 in the Journal Inhalation Toxicology with attention to both similarities and differences among these substances.
  • ​Address translational toxicology challenges, including the appropriateness of rats as models for human lung pathogenesis (particularly lung cancer) in light of lung overload phenomena and species differences.
  • ​Serve as a platform to present current scientific information about PSLTs important for regulatory action.
  • ​Publication of pertinent conference presentations in the peer reviewed scientific literature will allow the presentations to live beyond the conference and subsequently be reviewed part of regulatory deliberations.
  • ​Establish an interdisciplinary setting for industry, academia and regulatory professionals to interact on an important topic. Such interaction can facilitate enhanced understanding of the science and appropriate classification, labelling and setting exposure limits, among others.
  • ​Recommend areas for further research regarding the significance of the rat as a model for translation toxicology. 
  • Review the biokinetics of inhaled nanoparticles and the potential for non-pulmonary effects.

For more information and tickets please visit the Particles and Health website here.

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