The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Office of Acquisition Services (OAS) on behalf of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), and the National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory (NPPTL) has a requirement for analysis to assess Best Practices of Reusable Elastomeric Respirators in Healthcare Settings.
The Allegheny Health Network has successfully deployed, trained and used Elastomeric Half-Mask Respirators (EHMRs) that is essential for conducting this study. They are the only Health System in the country that has completely transitioned their Respiratory Protection Program to elastomeric respirators.
With input from NIOSH-NPPTL healthcare and respiratory experts, conceptual prototypes of the Reusable Healthcare Elastomeric Respirators (RHER) were produced for bench testing and evaluation by researchers at NPPTL. This conceptual design need to be refined and elevated into a prototype that can be used in hospital demonstration studies.
_______DRAFT SOW________Elastomeric Respirator Exhaled Breath Filter Adaptors – PrototypesBackgroundHealthcare providers are using reusable Elastomeric Half-Mask Respirators (ENMRs) to mitigate the effect of depleting stocks of disposable Filtering Facepiece Respirators (FFRs); also referred to as “N95 filter masks” at times of high demand such as during a pandemic such as COVID-19.One drawback of EHMRs is potential contamination of the sterile field
COVID-19 ELASTOMERIC RESPIRATOR Solicitation ID/Procurement Identifier: 75D301-20-Q-72476 Ultimate Completion Date: Thu Dec 23 18:00:00 GMT 2021
Half Face Mask Respirators (EHMR) and/or their ancillaries.
Elastomeric Half Mask Respirators and Filters
