Brief Introduction

Evidence supports the effectiveness of non-woven face mask in reducing the risk of infection among other health care workers and in the community. In community settings, face masks must be coupled with other measures such as avoiding close contact and maintaining good hand hygiene to reduce the risk of getting influenza according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in its guidance regarding the 2009 swine flu outbreak.

For healthcare workers, safety guidelines recommend the wearing of a face-fit tested respirator mask conforming to the United States standard NIOSH N95 or European standard EN 149 FFP3 in the vicinity of pandemic-flu patients, to reduce the exposure of the wearer to potentially infectious aerosols and airborne liquid droplets. The U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides information on manufacturers’ products and the importance of correct fitting of such masks (respirators). A printable fact sheet has been designed for issue to those unaccustomed to respirator use.

Warning & Recommending √ You have fever or respiratory infection symptoms. √ You are looking after patients or someone with respiratory infection symptoms. √ You are having contact with a person having respiratory infection symptoms within one metre √ You are a visitor to health-care settings , e.g. hospitals and clinics √ You are visiting crowded and poorly-ventilated places √ You are visiting areas affected by swine flu especially when community spread of swine flu is confirmed √ You have been in close contact with a suspected or confirmed case of Influenza A ( H1N1 ) √ You have been to a city with confirmed Influenza A ( H1N1 ) cases in the past 7 days.

***Please put used mask in wrapper when dispose