Enforcement policy for face masks, barrier face coverings, face shields, surgical masks, and respirators during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) public health emergency (revised) : guidance for industry and Food and Drug Administration staff Guidance for industry United States. Department of Health and Human Services United States. Food and Drug Administration COVID-19 Masks N95 Respirators Personal Protective Equipment Respiratory Protective Devices FDA is issuing this guidance to provide a policy to help expand the availability of face masks, barrier face coverings, and face shields for the general public, including healthcare personnel (HCP), and surgical masks and particulate filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs) (including N95 respirators) for HCP for the duration of the COVID-19 public health emergency. This policy is intended to remain in effect only for the duration of the public health emergency related to COVID-19 declared by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) on January 31, 2020, effective January 27, 2020, including any renewals made by the HHS Secretary in accordance with section 319(a)(2) of the Public Health Service Act (PHS Act) (42 U.S.C. 247d(a)(2)). [Silver Spring, MD] : Center for Devices and Radiological Health, September 2021 United States. Department of Health and Human Services, issuing body. United States. Food and Drug Administration, issuing body. Center for Devices and Radiological Health (U.S.), issuing body. Center for Devices and Radiological Health (U.S.). Office of Product Evaluation and Quality, issuing body. Technical Report Text 1 online resource (1 PDF file (12 pages)). nlm:nlmuid-9918351277206676-pdf 9918351277206676 http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918351277206676 English United States The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0