Nextteq Irritant Smoke Tube Kit for Respirator Fit Testing and Airflow Indication - Manual (Page 4)

Nextteq Irritant Smoke Tube Kit Manual
The Gastec Irritant Smoke Tube (Part Number 9501) is manufactured by the Gastec Corporation.
Nextteq is Gastec’s exclusive U.S. master wholesale distributor.
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Introduction
I. IntroduCtIon
Nextteq Irritant Smoke Tube Kits are quick, simple, and economical
to use for respirator fit testing and airflow indication. The kits
contain everything needed to perform multiple fit tests without the
cost of extra equipment. There is no need for chamber construction,
nebulizers, electric pumps, mixing jars, batteries, special test masks,
mask probes, or testing hoods. With an extended shelf life and
broad environmental operating conditions, you can perform fit
testing and airflow tracking anytime, and virtually anywhere.
Each aspiration bulb pump and Gastec irritant smoke tube is pre-
calibrated and ready for immediate use. There is no warm-up time
or calibration required. Also, there are no special sensitivity test
chemical mixtures to prepare in advance.
Irritant smoke is the only OSHA-accepted qualitative fit testing
method that does not rely on the test subject’s subjective response.
Other types of qualitative fit tests, such as banana oil (Isoamyl
acetate), saccharin, or Bitrex, may cause false negative results.
Nextteq recommends the following protocol be used whenever the
Nextteq Irritant Smoke Tube Kit is used for qualitative irritant smoke
respirator fit testing:
1. Qualitative Respirator Fit Testing be performed in accordance
with OSHA 29 CFR 1910.134 at the following intervals:
A. At time of initial respirator selection and fitting
B. Annually after the initial fit testing or other successful
qualitative fit test