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The recommended mask for flying
N95 masks, technically considered respirators, are named for their ability to filter the 95% from particles in the environment using static electricity.
To ensure its safety and efficacy, all N95s must be tested and approved by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health – NIOSH, If this mask is not mistreated, it can have a useful life of one month., provides an effective, comfortable and hygienic respiratory protection against solid and liquid particles without oil. It is manufactured with an Advanced Electrostatic Filter Media, innovative particle retention system that allows greater filter efficiency with lower pressure drop.
Which mask is reliable for a flight of 12 hours?
This is the question that thousands of travelers ask ourselves and also, how healthy is it to wear masks on short and long flights??
The truth is that it is false that the use of masks can cause hypoxia or lack of oxygen. Its prolonged use, experts explained, should be avoided in health facilities because they lose their effectiveness, not because of the lack of oxygen.
on flights long to Europe o Asia due to the long duration of the flight, the surgical mask that is commonly used by people on the plane, must be changed each 4 hours because the fabric of these masks wears out and there will be no protection over time, surgical masks are not safe enough for a flight, since these masks filter the 78% of airborne particles.
KN95 masks (KN95 masks are not NIOSH certified) they are not the most recommended for a flight, since this mask has filters in which the droplet particles found in the air can circulate.
What do I do with used masks on the plane??
For the safety of the people who clean the aircraft and other, It is recommended that at the time of changing the mask they are kept in small bags and when they arrive at the destination they are thrown away in a respective garbage can..
This procedure is very useful, since this also allows those responsible for cleaning to have less contact with the used masks and with the saliva particles of these people., the virus can last in a mask on the outside for up to 4 days, according to studies.
a second opinion
Like when you go to the doctor, It's always good to get a second opinion and I did.. In this case we consulted with Dr.. Jorge Estrella Porter, who is also passionate about aviation and he told us the following:
El Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – CDC of the United States and the WHO itself recommend that citizens in daily life or when they are in places of mass concurrence, how well can it be an airplane, use fabric masks to avoid infecting people in your environment and that this be changed every 8 hours on average avoiding handling. The rest of the types of masks, such as the N-95 or surgical masks, must have priority for use by health and front-line personnel..
The important thing is that everyone is protected and covered with at least fabric masks.
You can read more here: www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/cloth-face-cover-guidance.html?fbclid=IwAR0-E5W2rgBqzEE3ssCTguJc5LO416slx_UDULD702_QCdoyVQWmWarL0dE
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Excellent! Thanks for the info and let's fly
Congratulations to Nicolás Larenas for sharing important quality information with us regarding aviation. I am a Brazilian who discovered your site through a story about the effectiveness of HEPA filters in airplanes.. This site is ideal for those who like aviation and always want to be well informed.. The language is very direct and easy to understand. Keep it up!
Thank you very much for your comment Douglas., motivates me to keep going every day.
So the KN95 masks are recommended for flying or not? In a paragraph, positive things are said about the KN95 in response to the question of which mask is recommended for flying and a question about flights of more than 12 hours here you say that this mask is not recommended for flying.
There is talk of the N95 at the beginning, the KN95 in another paragraph.
When is it planned that international flights from Colombia will return?
very good note. It is one of the things that do not clarify. Knowing it gives security. Thanks
That is an error, they were criteria taken at the beginning, when epidemiology, indicate that the best mask, It is the one that is best attached to your face and has a safe filter so that the virus that measures approximately does not pass 0.2. If you wear a cloth mask and if it does not comply with an adequate filter, it gives you false security.. The n95 masks, they are more suitable for traveling they protect you 95 % more than one cloth chinstrap. We have to leave that false thought; which is only for personal faith health. A plane is closed, there is no ventilation, there are many people in a small space and the WHO has collected that the covid 19 it is in the air before touching a surface the risk is great of contagion.
It seems to me that the concept of the use of N95 masks for health personnel was born from the initial need, when there was a shortage of these, I don't think availability will stay the same. Thanks for comment.
Almost two months ago I returned to Colombia from Spain and wore a surgical mask and it went very well, they also required us to wear gloves, being these very uncomfortable
Few airlines require the gloves and the WHO does not recommend it.
I agree with cloth masks, q should be changed after snacks. on the plane, x that is necessary to travel x at least with 4 fabric masks.
Where can the masks be purchased?
At your nearest pharmacy, but each country could be different.
I think these recommendations are excellent and these protocols should be placed in all the airports of the countries that the passenger must wear a mask when entering the airport.
very good information. Useful and accurate for the moment we face