You are probably carrying your face mask upside down, doctors warn
This common error can make your mask completely ineffective to slow the propagation of coronavirus.
Now you have probably been wearing a mask for months, but have you beenproperly wear is the question. Since you probably had never worn a mask before the coronavirus pandemic started, it's easy to confuse the right way to put it on, remove and disinfect. Yes there isMany mask errors You could do, but doctors have seen many people who arealwaysbear the head of their surgical masks down.
Of course, the correct orientation of the mask depends on the type of face covering you use. WhileBandanas or scarves of the house Do not up or down, surgical masks do. You can usually identify the top of a mask by placing the metal piece inside the mask. Most masks have a "top that includes foldable metal that can bend around the bridge of your nose to create a tighter fit,"Bruce Lee Y., MD, written forStrong. "If your mask is upside down, this thread of bridge or a band will be instead on your neck, which will make useless. »
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According to the Ministry of Public Health of San Francisco, it is essential to "determine which side of the mask is at the top. The side of the mask that has a stiff edge is foldable high and is intended for mold in the shape of your nose. If you do not tape the metal mold, then allowing potentially contaminated respiratory particles to bereleased by the edges of your mask, Which makes it totally useless.
The port of your mask upside down allows not only usually ineffective, it also allows the mask to easily slide your face while you speak or on foot, which could expose your nose or make youtouch the mask and possibly contaminate.
Follow the instructions below for the former intensive care nurseErin WertTo make sure your mask is shaped in a way that you and others safely.
And for more mask errors to avoid, seeThis mask is the face of the CDC does not want you to wear.