What You Should Know About the Surgical and FFP Respiratory Masks

Aerosols and fine dust particles and now viruses are among the most insidious health risks: they are almost invisible in the air we breathe. Face Masks are supposed to protect the user from those health risks, but there are different types of masks for different environments. This blog will give you a quick overview:

Surgical Masks

Please note that a simple face mask (surgical masks) offers no protection against viruses. Surgical face masks offer protection of the patient against infectious droplets from the respiratory tract of the treating doctor. However, they are not intended for protection against viral infections. This mask is more of a psychological measure: if a doctor and the patient feel healthy, a surgical mask for normal protection as described above is sufficient.

How Does a Breathing Respiratory Mask in the FFP Class Work?

FFP Respirators protect against respirable dust, smoke, liquid mist (aerosol), but also viruses, fungal spores, enzymes or bacteria — but not against steam and gas.

The classification system is divided into three FFP classes, the abbreviation FFP stands for “filtering facepiece”. A respirator mask covers the nose and mouth and is made up of various filter materials and the mask itself. Their protective function is standardized throughout Europe according to EN 149: 2001 + A1: 2009 and are also FDA approved as certified masks for the US market. They are referred to as particle-filtering half masks or fine dust masks and are divided into protection classes FFP1, FFP2, and FFP3.

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