TSL FACE MASKS 10 PACK

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Single use only. Do not use if the mask is dirty or broken. Keep away from small children. Nonsterile. With globally-renowned strengths in life science, healthcare and advanced manufacturing, Greater Manchester has been able to leverage its local and international business networks to create a dual opportunity; reshoring manufacturing to build a more resilient face mask supply chain and increase the availability of PPE in the city region and the UK, as well as secure an investment project that will generate immediate jobs for people in Wigan, with the potential for more to be created in the near future.” The group would like to thank the following for providing comment and advice during the production of this document: some transparent face masks utilise foam strips to cushion the transparent area against the face, providing some filtration capacity where a Type IIR would have none The filter area and transparent area of a transparent face mask shall have a bacterial filtration efficiency of ≥ 98%, equivalent to that specified in BS EN 14683:2019+AC:2019, section 5.2.2 and 5.2.7 for Type IIR medical masks.

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Other design combinations may be acceptable, as long as they achieve the same level of source control and wearer protection performance. The mask shall not disintegrate, split or tear during intended use. At the time of writing, there is no evidence to demonstrate that a transparent face mask is equivalent to a Type IIR medical mask, and we therefore urge manufacturers and industry to undertake research in this area. It has become clear during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic that a significant number of patients and healthcare workers are disadvantaged by the fact that standard medical masks are opaque. Many clinical and patient groups would benefit from the availability of a transparent version of a medical face mask. These include deaf healthcare workers, deaf patients, speech and language therapists, and healthcare workers working with patients with mental health problems, dementia and learning disabilities.It should be noted that N95 masks can not be officially legally recommended for use in Europe although in the current situation with PPE shortages in practice a more flexible approach seems to be being taken. The transparent face mask shall have a means by which it can either be fitted closely over the nose, mouth and chin of the wearer and which ensures that the mask fits closely at the sides, or by which it sufficiently covers the nose, mouth and chin, in a manner which ensures adequate source control and wearer protection. The group which authored this document recognise the difficulty of demonstrating that transparent masks comply with existing medical mask performance standards such as BS EN 14683:2019, and particularly in demonstrating that they perform comparably to a Type IIR medical mask, which is the usual choice of mask for source control and wearer protection to prevent infection spread over short distances via droplets. 6.2 Probable mechanism of action The filter area can also include or be replaced by, for example, foam strips used for seating the mask on the face, if that material is intended to allow the passage of air to aid the breathability of the mask.

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Type I, I R, II and II R face masks are medical masks tested in the direction of exhalation (inside to outside) and take into account the efficiency of bacterial filtration. Surgical masks of this type stop the wearer from infecting the surrounding environment. They are not effective at protecting the wearer from airbourne diseases such as coronavirus.The European Safety Federation has advised the following on suspicious certificates for PPE, including FFP2 and FFP3 face masks: Because an impervious plastic panel will not allow the passage of air, it cannot be tested to the bacterial filtration test method in Annex B of BS EN 14683:2019. An alternative test is therefore specified in this document, BS EN ISO 22610:2006 (test method to determine the resistance to wet bacterial penetration). Materials which have a I B equal to 6 are impervious to bacterial penetration. BS EN 13795 states:

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The new face rules directly affect schools, where face masks are now to be worn by pupils in the classroom. Type I, and Type I R face masks have a BFE (bacterial filtration efficiency) of 95%, whereas Type II and Type II R face masks have a BFE of 98%. The breathing resistance, and splash resistance for Type I R and Type II R masks, are exactly the same. Further to our announcement in June that we are to produce up to 100 million face masks in the UK, we are proud and humbled to hear of the significant boost this brings to the Greater Manchester area; creating jobs, enabling the support of local businesses and protecting the community during the current pandemic.The argument against their use is that homemade masks will be many times less effective than medical masks at preventing the wearer from transmitting the virus and of almost no use in protecting the wearer themselves. In fact the concern is that a sense of false confidence given by using a mask would lead to a greater risk. The wearing of a mask for protection against droplet or splash to the wearer when in close proximity an infected individual (for example, within 2 metres for COVID-19 or influenza). The resistance of the filter area and transparent area of the transparent face mask to penetration of splashes of liquid shall conform to the minimum value given for Type IIR in Table 1 of BS EN 14683:2019 when tested to ISO 22609:2004. 5.9 Microbial cleanliness (bioburden) Medical masks and respirators undergo different standards and regulations, dependent on the geographical area to which they are manufactured.