As our dear authorities are unable to provide masks to the population, let's be clever and resourceful!
These masks can be decontaminated in the oven for 5 minutes at over 70 ° C + 1 shot of aerosol disinfection product as soon as you get home!
It's not paranoid, the Covid19 virus can attach to airborne particles: health-pollution-prevention / the-covid19-can-it-be-semi-air-via-the-particles-pollution-pollens-fog-t16375.html
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0) Wash your hands
1) Gather the material ...
- I have on hand 5 masks (including 2 already used ...)
- Some cotton pads left by my many ex (just enough to make 2 masks)
- Bulk wipes (for joining the kid)
- Sanytol (for later ...)
2) Distribute the cotton pads on the 1st mask, putting a little disinfectant
3) Gather the 2 masks, I thought I should staple them but it fits well with the 2 elastic bands:
4) Must make a joint for the kid otherwise it does not stick enough to his face, loose wipe simply stapled ...
5) Do not forget to identify the masks and the sub-masks so as not to mix everything!
It may be necessary to improve the seal between the 2 masks?
It's ugly but it's cheap, fast, available and maybe it can save lives!
If you have suggestions for improvement or remarks ... I take it!
Edit addition: I present the corona spring 2020 collection of my mother's mask!
Edit addition of the following important information in this subject (for more information browse the entire subject):
Japanese study on the propagation of micro particles indoors:
Effectiveness of homemade masks by LeMonde:
Mistakes to avoid:
Comparison of masks:
A very good INRS page for EVERYTHING about filtering masks ...
http://www.inrs.fr/risques/biologiques/ ... toire.html
1 - What is the difference between a surgical mask and an FFP mask?
2 - How effective are fabric masks?
3 - Can visors replace the wearing of respiratory protection?
4 - How to choose an FFP mask?
5 - Is there a difference between FFP masks against chemical aerosols and biological aerosols?
6 - What is the interest of a valve on an FFP mask?
7 - How to correctly wear a surgical mask?
8 - How to properly wear an FFP mask?
9 - How to properly wear an alternative mask?
10 - Is wearing an FFP mask compatible with a beard?
11 - How to remove a mask
12 - What is the duration of use of the masks?
13 - Do the protective masks have an expiration date?
14 - How to ensure that the masks comply with the regulations?
15 - In the current context of shortage of FFP2, can filtering devices meeting foreign standards be used?
16 - Can the employer impose the wearing of a mask in the workplace?
17 - What masks to use in work situations where two employees cannot be separated?
18 - Should the employer provide employees with a mask for public transport?
19 - What measures should be taken when the employee wearing a mask enters the company?
20 - How to clean the alternative masks?
21 - What are the employer's obligations for the cleaning of alternative masks which must be worn at the workplace?
The non-filtration of viruses by surgical masks (but viruses do not roam alone ... they are in larger particles):
A study of 14 types of masks:
Visualization of the effectiveness of different types of masks in the fluid laboratory:
Visualization of respiratory flows with a Schlieren mirror: