The CSA’s revised standard on respirators should help us all breathe easier

The Conversation
November 3, 2025
By Dick Zoutman, Julia M. Wright, Mark Ungrin, Ryan Tennant

The CSA Group — a not-for-profit standards organization — released for review a new draft standard on the “Selection, Use, and Care of Respirators” (CSA Z94.4:25) for workplaces, specifically including health care. This new standard is designed to ensure much better protection for health-care workers and for everyone seeking health care.

https://stillcoviding.ca/en/news/the-csas-revised-standard-on-respirators-should-help-us-all-breathe-easier/

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Now that BC. Canada has lifted mask requirements. Paradoxically, healthcare providers are free to use N95 respirators, but they are not required, so most don't. We already have high Health Care Acquired Infection.

These decisions could prime the next outbreak, a risk that should not be taken lightly.

https://youtu.be/KqcYMylLHOU

#BC #Canada #PublicHealth #MaskRequirements #N95Respirators #PrimingOutbreaks #Paradox #Song #jazzy #swing #elegant

Unmasked Melodies
jazzy swing elegant

Now that BC. Canada has lifted mask requirements. Paradoxically, healthcare providers are free to use N95 respirators, but they are not required, so most don't. We already have high Health Care Acquired Infection.

These decisions could prime the next outbreak, a risk that should not be taken lightly.

https://youtu.be/KqcYMylLHOU

#BC #Canada #PublicHealth #MaskRequirements #N95Respirators #PrimingOutbreaks #Paradox #Song #jazzy #swing #elegant