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HSE INDG479 — Guidance on respiratory protective equipment (RPE) fit testing (2019)

Provisions the documents cite: 2019

What it requires

Fit testing of tight-fitting facepieces, the clean-shaven rule, competent fit testers, and when a repeat test is needed.

The instrument itself: https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg479.htm. The summary above is our plain-English reading, not the text of the instrument — always work from the source.

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  • Citation status: cited from the publisher's own page for it.
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  • Source last checked by the automated scan: not yet — first scan pending.

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The 4 documents that cite it

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