N95 Respirator Fit Testing
You will be fitted for an N95 respirator during your second week on campus. After the fit test, you will be given a copy of your fit test form with your size. Keep this form!
On the day of the test:
- Must be clean-shaven. No beards, "scruff," or goatees.
- No earrings (they get tangled in the mask).
- Hair must be secured above the collar and off the face, just as it will be during skills and clinical shifts.
- You may not have anything to eat for one hour before the test. No food, snacks, candy or gum.
- Do not drink anything except water for one hour before the test. No coffee, energy drinks, sodas, etc.
- Do not eat bananas on the day of the test.