Face masks | Bacterial filtration | Filtration of suspended particles | Who for? | Duration of use |
---|---|---|---|---|
FFP1 | 80% | People who work closely with other people or with people at risk | 4 hours | |
FFP2 | 94% | Health care staff, public service workers, Covid-19 patients and their families | 4 to 8 hours | |
FFP3 | 99% | 8 hours | ||
Surgical mask type I | 95% | People with symptoms of Covid-19 (cough, fever, body aches...) and healthy people without symptoms | 3 or 4 hours | |
Surgical mask type II | 98% | |||
Surgical mask type IIR | 98% | Yes | ||
General public category 1 | 90% | Professionals who frequently come into contact with the public | ||
General public category 2 | 70% | People who occasionally have contact with other people at the workplace |