Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic there have been countless stories of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) shortages.

Healthcare workers along with millions of other employees who need this protection for their everyday safety have been forced to come up with other solutions or go without the equipment they needed to stay safe on the job. Especially concerning is the fact that tens of thousands of Healthcare workers were needlessly exposed to COVID-19 due to lack of proper safety and PPE products like gloves, gowns and Respiratory Masks.

Fortunately, there is a solution that not only supports domestic manufacturing but can increase worker comfort and safety while reducing environmental impact AND save your organization money.

Sound too good to be true? Here are the top 5 Reasons to Ditch your Disposable N95 and upgrade to a Reusable Half Mask Elastomeric Respirator (EHMR).

1) Reduce Your Environmental Impact

Disposable Respirators generate an enormous amount of waste which ends up in landfill or worse. In 2021 it is typical to find discarded masks laying in parking lots, at the side of the road, littering our parks. Even worse, when masks are not disposed of properly, they end up in our water ways threatening sea animals and polluting streams, rivers, lakes and oceans.

Elastomeric respirators are a sustainable solution and are designed to be cleaned, decontaminated and reused. Because of this feature, one elastomeric can do the work of hundreds, if not thousands, of disposable N95 masks ^[1]. Many hospitals and healthcare facilities have already converted to Elastomeric Half Mask Respirators Programs. Allegheny Health Network as an example, found that within one month, it was able to decrease the number of N95 masks it needed by 95 percent ^[2].

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