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These are technical details for the Home fit testing method 1.

The goal of this home fit testing method is to approximate the OSHA taste-based aerosol qualitative fit test procedures. This home fit test is not designed to fully replicate the OSHA qualitative fit test procedure nor is it designed to replace it.

Goals of home fit testing method 1:

• Be accessible and inexpensive.
• Be easy to perform, especially by individuals with no experience fit testing and for individuals testing themselves.
• Give strong assurance that if an individual passes home fit testing method 1 that they would also pass the OSHA qualitative fit test procedure.

The OSHA taste-based aerosol qualitative fit test procedures, for saccharine and bitrex.

These are technical details for the Home fit testing method 1.

The goal of this home fit testing method is to recapitulate the important parts of the OSHA taste-based aerosol qualitative fit test procedures.

Goals of method 1:

• Be accessible and inexpensive.
• Be easy to perform, especially by individuals with no experience fit testing and for individuals testing themselves.
• Give strong assurance that if an individual passes home fit testing method 1 that they would also pass the OSHA taste-based qualitative fit test procedure.

Non-goals of method 1:

• Provide quantitative data on fit, ability to compare fit % between different masks.
• Provide non-subjective measure of fit. This is a qualitative test.
• Provide strong assurance that individuals achieving < 1% inward leakage will always pass this test. Method 1 is designed to be more sensitive than the OSHA taste-based qualitative fit test procedures because it is better to err on the side of false negatives than false positives with home fit testing.

The OSHA taste-based aerosol qualitative fit test procedures, for saccharine and bitrex.