Many people may wear face masks to help protect against dust mites, mold spores, and pollen— especially when they are living or working in an environment where pollution, chemicals, and irritants are common, or those with chronic respiratory diseases. Some may choose to wear masks to help prevent bacteria and viruses from broadcasting.
Why does using face masks protect you from bacteria and viruses, especially in the case of stopping the spread of COVID-19 pandemic?
Studies have suggested masks may not be 100 percent effective at stopping the spread of potentially harmful airborne particles, but they can help reduce the risk of contamination.
How does face mask work?
You use a face mask to cover your nose and mouth. The droplets you produce when you cough, sneeze, talk or breathe are confetti, possibly infected with the virus. The face mask blocks the droplets. That way, there is less risk of making someone sick. In other words, wearing a face mask protects you and others from the spread of the bacteria and viruses.
Types of Face Masks
There are three main types of masks: surgical, surgical N95 respirator, and non-medical face masks.
Medical face mask (also known as surgical or procedure mask)
Surgical are used by healthcare workers to prevent large respiratory droplets and splashes from reaching the mouth and the nose of the wearer and help reduce and/or control at the source the spread of large respiratory droplets from the person wearing the face mask.
Surgical N95 Respirator Masks
Surgical N95 Respirator Masks is designed to protect the wearer from exposure to airborne contaminants and is classified as personal protective equipment. Respirators are mainly used by healthcare workers to protect themselves, especially during aerosol-generating procedures. Valved respirators are not appropriate for use as a means of source control since they do not prevent the release of exhaled respiratory particles from the wearer into the environment.
Non-medical face masks
Non-medical face masks (or ‘community’ masks) include various forms of self-made or commercial masks or face covers made of cloth, antibacterial cloth, other textiles or other materials such as paper.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that people should wear masks when they are in public. While surgical masks and N95 respirators are in short supply and are redirected to health-care facilities, several other masks may help reduce the risk of infection, like antibacterial cloth face masks.
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