This is to help assist you with Mask-Fit tests required by your company, ensuring that the test runs smoothly and achieves the best possible outcome. Please read the following carefully;

 

• Please ensure you can confirm the date and time of your appointment. We allow 30 minutes for each appointment.

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• Please ensure that you bring you mask with new filters to the test. Failure to do so, will mean that you will have to be re-booked for the test. The company will be liable for each appointment made.

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• You will be required to complete consent forms at your first appointment. Please bring your glasses if you require them for reading.

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• Please ensure you are clean shaven, with no sideburns, a maximum of 8 hours prior to the test time. If you do not wish to shave for personal or religious reasons, you will not be able to take the test.

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• Please ensure that you do not eat, drink or smoke for a minimum of 30 minutes prior to the test. It is essential that your sense of taste is not affected by any other compound during the test. Chewing gum is also prohibited.

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• Please note that if you lose weight, change job role, have major facial/dental surgery, or change your mask, you will require a Mask-Fit re-test within two weeks of your return to work.

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• If you fail the test, we will be book you again for a re-test as soon as possible. You may be required to change your mask for a larger, or smaller size. You will need to discuss this with your manager before attending for your next appointment. 

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• If you fail your Mask-Fit test twice, you may be required to work with a battery-operated air-flow mask only. These masks use a battery run filtration system to ensure you are safe to operate in your area of work. These will be an additional, considerable cost to the company for this equipment.

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• You will receive a pass/fail certificate at the end of the Mask-Fit test. Company policy dictates when a re-test is required (also see point 6).

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• It remains a company’s responsibility to provide employees with the suitable mask for their job role in line with an appropriate Risk Assessment. Please ensure that employees have received Respiratory Protection Equipment training for correct maintenance of the masks provided.