Next Safety's Respirator Outperforms 3M's N95 Respirator

Next Safety's Respirator Outperforms 3M's N95 Respirator

August 08, 2007

    JEFFERSON, N.C., Aug. 8 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- The U.S.
Government, in pre-pandemic preparation, has stockpiled over
100 million N95 respirators.  However, a study conducted by
the CDC, in conjunction with NIOSH and OSHA,  has
determined that N95 respirators are ineffective in
disasters and pandemic events.  This study, involving 538
participants in New Orleans, following Hurricane Katrina,
found that 76% of participants could not correctly fit the
mask.  In a pandemic situation, these individuals would
inhale deadly pathogens.  (Sources:
http://www.cdc.gov/EID/content/13/5/700.htm and
http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/archive/avian_pandemic_flu/content/2007/2007-04-13respiratorswornimproperly.html)
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    Next Safety will begin shipping the world's most
advanced respirator for pre-pandemic planning August, 2007.
 Unlike the N95 respirator, which is passive and highly fit
dependent, Next Safety's bPure 8500 series respirators for
pandemic events, provides a constant flow of extremely pure
air.  The constant, positive pressure flow, prevents leak
around during inhalation, inhibiting pathogens from
entering the lungs. 

    For more information regarding all of Next Safety's
products, visit www.nextsafety.com .


    For more information, please contact:

     Next Safety Inc.
     Amy Mogler 
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