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.