Post by anastasia on May 24, 2021 15:51:01 GMT 7
Face Mask Double Masking Guide (24/05/2021)
A GUIDELINE FOR DOUBLING UP FACE MASKS
Story: Dragon Visuals: World Health Organization (WHO)
The latest CDC studies shows that doubling up your face masks can increase the level of protection against the #COVID19 virus, but there is proper method to doing it. It has also been recommended by the World Health Organisation and our own Ministry of Health (KKM). Even our health Director General Tans Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah has been seen in double face masks recently.
Please follow these key guidelines when pairing up your face masks.
Please note that a cloth/fabric mask only offers 51.4% protection, while a standard 3-ply surgical face mask will only offer you 56.1% protection. That's why social distancing is still critical even when you are wearing a face mask.
A knot tucked surgical face mask will offer you 77% protection while double masking will offer you 85.4% protection. But there is a proper way to double mask.
The golden standard in protective masks is the N95 face mask which will filter 95% of particles. But they cost a lot more than a 3-ply surgical face mask.
So doubling up will increasing your protection level but you need to do it correctly.
Always pair a surgical face mask with a cloth/fabric masks.
Do not pair two surgical masks as it may impede your breathing, and pairing up two cloth/fabric masks will not do you much good either. And never pair a N95 mask with any other masks. The N95 is already good on its on.
But the best protection you can offer yourself is by staying safely at home.
(Visuals Credit - Centre For Disease Control (CDC) USA (C) 2021.)
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TAGS: #CDC #WHO #WorldHealthOrganization #KKM #KementerianKesihatanMalaysia #KKMPutrajaya #MKN #MajlisKeselamatanNegara #MCO #EMCO #StayHome #FightCOVID19 #RentakSejuta
A GUIDELINE FOR DOUBLING UP FACE MASKS
Story: Dragon Visuals: World Health Organization (WHO)
The latest CDC studies shows that doubling up your face masks can increase the level of protection against the #COVID19 virus, but there is proper method to doing it. It has also been recommended by the World Health Organisation and our own Ministry of Health (KKM). Even our health Director General Tans Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah has been seen in double face masks recently.
Please follow these key guidelines when pairing up your face masks.
Please note that a cloth/fabric mask only offers 51.4% protection, while a standard 3-ply surgical face mask will only offer you 56.1% protection. That's why social distancing is still critical even when you are wearing a face mask.
A knot tucked surgical face mask will offer you 77% protection while double masking will offer you 85.4% protection. But there is a proper way to double mask.
The golden standard in protective masks is the N95 face mask which will filter 95% of particles. But they cost a lot more than a 3-ply surgical face mask.
So doubling up will increasing your protection level but you need to do it correctly.
Always pair a surgical face mask with a cloth/fabric masks.
Do not pair two surgical masks as it may impede your breathing, and pairing up two cloth/fabric masks will not do you much good either. And never pair a N95 mask with any other masks. The N95 is already good on its on.
But the best protection you can offer yourself is by staying safely at home.
(Visuals Credit - Centre For Disease Control (CDC) USA (C) 2021.)
TAGS: #CDC #WHO #WorldHealthOrganization #KKM #KementerianKesihatanMalaysia #KKMPutrajaya #MKN #MajlisKeselamatanNegara #MCO #EMCO #StayHome #FightCOVID19 #RentakSejuta