
PROJECTS: DIY Powered Respirator
A PAPR FOR EVERYONE
Since 2020, OSMS has observed that standards
and accessibility for personal protective
equipment (PPE) and personal protective
technology (PPT) struggle to match the broad
needs of a new user market. No longer just for
healthcare workers, individual interest in PPE/
PPT has crossed into the public domain. Along
with that interest has come confusion and
challenges surrounding the current fit, operation,
and accessibility of respiratory PPE.
In a 2023 report the National Academies of
Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine found
that U.S. standards for respirators and filtering
masks fail to universally ...