Especialistas en protección de bioseguridad.
The recommended mask for flying
N95 masks, técnicamente consideradas respiradores, are named for their ability to filter the 95% of the partsículas del ambiente usando electricidad estáethics.
To ensure its safety and efficacy, all N95s must be tested and approved by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health – NIOSH, esta mascarilla si no se la maltrata puede tener una vida útil de un mes, provides an effective, confortable e higiénica protección respiratoria contra partículas sólidas y líquidas sin aceite. Es fabricado con un Medio Filtrante Electrostático Avanzado, novedoso sistema de retención of partículas que permite mayor eficiencia del filtro con menor caída de presión.
¿Whaté mascarilla es confiable para un vuelo de 12 hours?
Esta es la pregunta que miles de viajeros nos hacemos y también ¿thaté tan saludable es usar mascarillas en vuelos cortos y largos?
La verdad es que es falso que el uso de mascarillas pueda provocar hipoxia o falta de oxígeno. Its prolonged use, experts explained, should be avoided in health facilities because they lose their effectiveness, no por la falta de oxígeno.
on flights long to Europe o Asia por la larga duracióflight number, la mascarilla quirúrgica que es la que comúnmente usa la gente en el avión, must be changed each 4 hours debido a que la tela de estas mascarillas se desgasta y no existirá ninguna protección con el paso del tiempo, las mascarillas quirúrgicas no tienen la suficiente seguridad para un vuelo, since these masks filter the 78% departureículas aéreas.
KN95 masks (mascarillas KN95 no cuentan con certificación NIOSH) no son las más recomendables para un vuelo, ya que esta mascarilla cuenta con filtros en los cuales pueden circular las partículas de gotículas que se encuentran en el aire.
¿Whaté hago con las mascarillas usadas en el avión?
Por seguridad de las personas que realizan la limpieza de las aeronaves y de los demás, se recomienda que al momento de cambiar la mascarilla se las guarde en pequeñas funditas y al llegar al destino estas se boten en un basurero respectivo.
Este procedimiento es muy úto, ya que esto permite también que los encargados en realizar la limpieza tengan menos contactos con las mascarillas usadas y con las partículas de saliva de esta personas, the virus can last in a mask on the outside for up to 4 días, themselvesún estudios.
Una segunda opinión
Like when you go to the doctor, siempre es bueno tener una segunda opinión y así lo hice. In this case we consulted with Dr.. Jorge Estrella Pórter, quien también es un apasionado por la aviacióno and él nos comentó the next:
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, como bien puede ser un avión, use fabric masks to avoid infecting people in your environment and that this be changed every 8 horas en promedio evitando su manipulación. El resto de tipos de mascarillas como las N-95 o quirúrgicas deben tener prioridad de uso para personal de salud y de primera línea.
Lo importante es que todos estén protegidos y cubiertos con mascarillas al menos de tela.
Pueden leer más aquí: www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/cloth-face-cover-guidance.html?fbclid=IwAR0-E5W2rgBqzEE3ssCTguJc5LO416slx_UDULD702_QCdoyVQWmWarL0dE
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