N95 and KN95 Masks Are Held to Different Standards, so You Need to Be Careful When Choosing One Prevention 2/2/2021 Courtney Linder
Due to new, more contagious variants of COVID-19 emerging in the U.S., medical experts are recommending the use of N95 or KN95 masks.
These masks can filter a higher percentage of particles in the air than surgical masks or homemade cloth face coverings.
N95 and KN95 masks are held to different standards, though, so you need to be careful in deciding which is right for you.
You ve probably been wearing a mask when out in public for most of the past year, but are you still wearing the right one? With new variants of COVID-19 emerging in the U.S., medical professionals are urging the public to go beyond cloth masks, surgical masks, and double masks. Instead, they say, you should opt for a higher-filtration mask like an N95 or KN95.
INDA webinar series to address global nonwovens issues
Upcoming facemask standards, single use plastics legislation, and impacts of recent capacity announcement to be addressed.
3rd February 2021
INDA, the Association of the Nonwovens Fabrics Industry, is taking the lead to inform the nonwovens/engineered materials industry with three one-hour webinars on the toughest issues facing the North American Nonwovens Industry. The critical issues include, facemask performance standards, single use plastics (SUP) legislative policy issues, and industry impacts from recent capacity announcements in Spunbond/Spunmelt/Spunlace caused by COVID-19 demand for wipes, medical gowns, and facemask materials.
The one-hour webinars will be held at 11 am EDT on March 16th, 25th, and April 6th, and include subject matter experts in facemask standards, plastics legislation, and nonwoven supply/demand analysis.
FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA
Ford has received patent-pending approval for an innovative new clear respirator it expects to certify to N95 standards of virus elimination. The transparent, low-cost, reusable respirators enable a full range of human expression, allowing people to better communicate with each other and aiding those with hearing impairments to help read lips that are today blocked by conventional cloth and filtered masks. (Ford Motor Company/TNS)
Clear N95 face masks designed by Ford could be huge for hearing impaired, teachers
DETROIT – Ford Motor Co. has designed and created clear N95 face masks so that hearing impaired people can read lips while protecting themselves from Covid-19, the company announced Tuesday.