From 3M, these test kits and accessories are designed to help your organization meet OSHA fit testing requirements for respirators. The products can be used to check face to respirator seal on any particulate respirator or gas/vapor respirator with a particulate prefilte. 3M Qualitative Fit Test Kits, Sweet (FT10) and Bitter (FT30),Each kit includes:

• One hood & collar assembly
• Two nebulisers
• One 55ml bottle of sensitivity solution
• One 55ml bottle of test solution (Replacement bottles of test solution are available)

• 448-1762 is an FT10 Sweet Test Kit
• 448-1778 is an FT12 Sweet test solution
• 448-1784 is an FT30 Bitter Test kit
• 448-1790 is an FT32 Bitter test solution
• 133-232 is an FT11 Sensitivity Solution
• 133-236 is an FT31 Sensitivity Solution

3M are a trusted name in personal protection equipment, providing a variety of solutions for health and safety compliance over a range of industrial applications. Their selection of respiratory protection equipment ranges from disposable face mask to full air-powered respirators, to ensure worker safety in all kinds of environments where airborne particulates might be a concern. When it comes to PPE, 3M is a brand you can rely on.

Instructions for use.

Check your respirators and half masks for seal leaks in minutes with this sweet test solution from 3M. It's a sodium saccharin and water mixture that acts as a sensitivity test to check the adequacy of PPE. The user puts on a hood and collar and the solution is introduced via a nebuliser. If the user can taste the solution when wearing their mask or respirator, it indicates a leak.

• Safe to breathe because of its non-toxic properties
• 55ml so there's plenty for several tests
• Doesn't need special storage, so you can keep it close at hand

• Manufacturing plants
• Environmental cleanup tasks
• Construction sites

The person taking the test shouldn't eat or drink anything in the 15 minutes before the test. It's also important they're not chewing gum as that affects their ability to taste the solution.