FAQ'S

FAQ ‘S

Your questions are answered here.

We have gathered all the questions that are usually asked by our returning customers and the information that is needed for our new customers. Here is the list of our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) to help you have better understanding of our products and our company. If you don’t find your query addressed here, just drop us   a line at info@airarmormasks.com and our Customer Service Team will be there to help you.

How to Wear a Non-Medical Face Mask:

Step one: Before touching the face mask, wash your hands for a minimum of 20 seconds with soap and warm water. You can use hand sanitizer, with a minimum of 60% alcohol base.
Step two: Make sure hair is tucked away from your face.
Step three: Place the mask over your face, covering your mouth and nose, put the loops behind your ears. Adjust if you need too. Ensure nose and mouth are fully covered.
Step four: Make sure you avoid touching your face whilst wearing the mask, if you do touch the mask, immediately wash your hands, refer to step one.

How to Remove a Non-Medical Face Mask:
Step one: Before removing the face mask, wash your hands for a minimum of 20 seconds with soap and warm water. You can use hand sanitizer, with a minimum of 60% alcohol base.
Step two: Start removing the face mask, one loop at a time from behind your ears.
Step three: Do not touch the front of the face mask when you are removing it.
Step four: Place the face mask somewhere secure if you are not home, a plastic bag should do the trick. If you are not planning on using the mask again, place directly into the bin.
Step five: If you are home and planning to reuse the face mask, before re-wearing, wash the mask. Machine wash the mask on a gentle cold cycle and leave to dry on a radiator.
Step six: After you have finished removing and disposing or washing the face mask, wash your hands, refer to step one.

  

Should I use a Face Covering/Mask?

 

The UK Government advice is for people to aim to wear a mask on public transport and in some shops, enclosed spaces, and where social distancing is not possible.

The WHO says countries must weigh the risks and benefits when it comes to advising the whole populations about wearing face coverings.

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control agrees that medical face masks should be prioritised for healthcare workers.

But it says non-surgical face masks might help stop the spread of coronavirus by people who are contagious but have no symptoms (known as asymptomatic transmission).

Scientists in Singapore suggest that risk is especially high in the 24-48 hours before an infected person is even aware they might have the disease.

Coronavirus is spread by droplets that can spray into the air when those infected talk, cough and sneeze. These can enter the body through the eyes, nose and mouth, either directly or after touching a contaminated object.

( Source The BBC)

I am working in a hospital, Clinic, or as a Carer looking after sick or elderly people  is the Air Armor mask suitable for me?

The Air armor Mask is not suitable to be used in a hospital, clinic or any medical setting by members of a healthcare team or Carers as it is not a medical mask and is not designed as PPE. The hospital you work at will have an infection control policy which should be used when dealing with infected patients. Recommended and certified masks should be used in these settings.

One-use masks

The World Health Organization recommends that all healthcare workers treating people with the virus wear these surgical masks, along with gloves, goggles and gowns. Surgical masks are thought to be more effective in a clinical setting because they are accompanied by other protective equipment and stringent hygiene practices. The masks are also frequently replaced – surgical masks are not designed to be used more than once.

 

N95 masks

I have heard a lot about N95 Masks and Respirators should I get one of those?

N95 respirators  are designed to prevent 95 per cent of small particles from entering the nose and mouth area. But they only work if they fit properly, and aren’t suitable for children or people with facial hair.

N95 respirators can also make it more difficult for a person to breathe, so could be dangerous for someone showing symptoms of infection of the new coronavirus, which include coughing and shortness of breath.

Read more: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2231535-can-an-n95-face-mask-protect-you-from-catching-the-new-coronavirus/#ixzz6LU0GCHy0

 

You can read the USA Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines on Coronavirus here:

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/about/transmission.html

“It may be possible that a person can get COVID-19 by touching a surface or object that has the virus on it and then touching their own mouth, nose, or possibly their eyes, but this is not thought to be the main way the virus spreads.”

 

DOES THE Air Armor MASK PROTECT YOU FROM COVID-19?

The protection against viruses depends on the particle size of the aerosols containing infectious viruses. The sizes of these virus-containing particles differ from just the naked virus diameter (0,02–0,03 µm) to the sizes of the carrier particles. According to a study of the influenza virus, the virus-containing particles vary largely in size and 5% of the particles where larger than 4 µm, 75.5% was 1–4 µm and 19.5% smaller 1 µm. In another study of FMDV, 65–71% of the virus-containing particles were over 6 µm in diameter, 19–24% was 3 - 6 µm and 10–11% were under 3 µm. 

 

The Air Armor mask  is designed as  face covering to help stop spreading germs and viruses by limiting the effects of coughs and sneezes, by the wearer, we cannot,  and do not claim that the mask protects the wearer against viruses or Covid 19 specifically.

 

During the Pandemic should I wash my mask?

Thorough washing should remove viruses and bacterial from all surfaces including hands, masks and worktops etc.

Air Armor Masks are machine and hand washable, and should then be hung dry

You can find full washing instructions on the instructions leaflet that will come with your mask.

 

In the context of Covid 19 are Masks effective?

Masks are effective only when used in combination with frequent hand-cleaning with alcohol-based hand rub or soap and water.

If you wear a mask, then you must know how to use it

(Source World Health Organization)

 

How should I use a mask?

Before putting on a mask, clean hands with alcohol-based hand rub or soap and water.

Cover mouth and nose with mask and make sure there are no gaps between your face and the mask.

Avoid touching the mask while using it; if you do, clean your hands with alcohol-based hand rub or soap and water.

Replace the mask with a new one as soon as it is damp and do not re-use single-use masks.

To remove the mask: remove it from behind (do not touch the front of mask); discard immediately in a closed bin; clean hands with alcohol-based hand rub or soap and water

( Source World Health Organisation)