What Does FFP1, FFP2 & FFP3 Stand For?

As coronavirus continues to spread throughout Asia and the rest of the world, many people are reaching for a face mask, which has been recommended by the WHO as a protection measure. But which one should you buy? We’ve got the lowdown for you on what the difference between each mask is.

FFP3 stands for Filtering Face Pieces and is the European norm when describing protection from poisonous and deleterious kinds of dust, smoke, and aerosols.

Oncogenic and radioactive substances or pathogens such as viruses, bacteria, and fungal spores are filtered by this protective class of respirator masks.

Both European standard EN 143 and EN 149 test filter penetration with dry sodium chloride and paraffin oil aerosols after storing the filters at 70 °C and −30 °C for 24 h each. The standards include testing mechanical strength, breathing resistance, and clogging. EN 149 tests the inward leakage between the mask and face, where ten human subjects perform 5 exercises each and for 8 individuals the average measured inward leakage must not exceed 22%, 8%, and 2% respectively.

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