Biosilver improving surgical masks’ protection against coronavirus
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2 min readJan 6, 2021
INTRO
Are surgical masks meant to protect you against viruses? Well, this is something to treat very carefully: surgical masks type I or II (let’s forget some differences between EU, US or other systems) must typically pass 3 tests:
- BACTERIAL FILTRATION
- BREATHABILITY
- BIOBURDEN
IIR masks (used in hospitals) must also pass the SPLASH TEST.
As you can notice, no tests are done against…