How to Use a Face Mask properly

Wearing a face mask is good for your health and well being during Covid 19. If you are wearing face mask often helps people fee protected and reassured. But, can a surgical face mask protect to you?from transmitting certain infectious diseases?
And, If face mask do safe you from infectious diseases, such as coronavirus, is there appropriate way to wear mask, take them off , and discard them?

Surgical Face Mask:

A surgical mask is a loose- fitting, disposable mask that's rectangular in shape. The mask has elastic bands or ties that can be looped behind your ears or tied behind your hand to hold it in place. A metal strip strip may be pinched to fit the mask around your nose. Surgical mask can block transmission of large particle microorganisms from droplets, splatters, and splashes. The mask may also reduce the likelihood of hand to face contact.

The surgical mask's three-ply layers work as follows:

The outer layer:

Hold off water, body fluids, and other blood.

The middle layer:

Strainer certain pathogens.

The inner layer:

Absorbs moisture and sweat from exhaled air.

When you should use face mask?

The World health organization (WHO) recommends using surgical masks only if you:

• Have a fever, difficult breathing, other respiratory symptoms.
• Don't filter out smaller airborne particle.
• Wear the mask when, you will go outside from house.

How to wear surgical mask properly:

If you need to wear surgical mask then, you should consider following steps:

• Wash your hand with soap at least 20 seconds, Before putting on the mask.
• Check for defects in the face mask, such as tears or broken loops.
• If your mask gets rigid or damp, replace it with a new one.
• Don't touch the mask while, wearing on face.
• Be sure the mask fits easily.
• Pull the bottom of the mask over your mouth and chin.

Avoid these things, When wearing a surgical mask:

Once the mask is positioned securely, there are certain precautions you should follow:

• Hang your mask around your neck.
• Touch the mask once it's secured on your face.
• sag the mask from one ear.
• Crisscross the ties.
• Reuse single use masks.

If you have to touch the face mask while you wearing it,wash your hands first. Be sure to also wash your hand before wearing the mask and after and use hand sanitizer.

How to discard and taken out a surgical mask:

It's important to remove surgical mask properly to ensure you don't transfer any germ to your hands or face. You should follow these things while, discard and remove surgical mask.

• Before you take off the mask, wash your hands correctly or use hand sanitizer.
• Holding the mask loops, ties or band, discard the mask by placing it in a covered trash bin.

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