How to clean and maintain the mask

  How to clean and maintain the mask? If it is a disposable mask, it is better not to use it repeatedly. If it needs to be used repeatedly, it needs to be cleaned and disinfected before it can be used. How to disinfect and clean it? Let's have a look!

1. Soak in boiling water for 5 minutes

  First, boil a pot of boiling water. After boiling, pour it into the basin where the mask is put. If it's a plastic basin, it's recommended to air with boiling water, and then soak the mask. If there are ceramic pots, it is recommended to soak them in ceramic pots. Clean the ceramic basin, put the mask in the boiling water for 5 minutes.

2. Soap cleaning

  You can rub the mask gently with soap, washing powder, etc. Rub the dusty places well. If the force is too large, the cloth of the mask will become loose and the dust-proof function will be reduced. So don't push too hard.

3. Clean up

  After washing with soap, the mask was washed clean. Wash the soap, detergent and water on the mask. Just like clothes, they are washed and dried in a sunny and well ventilated place. Must be good in the sun, sun, so that can better disinfection, bacteria.

Standard of mask disinfection!

  Although we say that masks generally need to be changed every 4 hours or so to achieve the best protection effect. However, this is mainly aimed at medical staff. However, at present, masks are in short supply, and medical staff can not guarantee to change a new mask in 4 hours.

  Disposable masks, especially N95 protective masks, are very effective. Studies have shown that N95 masks can achieve good protective effects after 48 hours of use. Some studies even said that in the daily life scene, continuous wearing for 6 days, the filtration efficiency can reach 90%.

  Therefore, as an ordinary person, if you only say wearing a mask to buy vegetables, go to work and other daily life scenes, a N95 mask can be used for about a week. After each use, take it down and put it in a dry and ventilated environment, and then remember to clean your hands!

The mask can be reused without disinfection. It is known that the mask meets the following conditions:

  1) There was no obvious damage to the mask;

  2) The mask has no obvious deformation and fits well with the face;

  3) There was no obvious stain or blood stain on the surface of the mask;

  4) No close contact with patients or suspected patients;

  5) After wearing the mask, the breath was unobstructed and there was no dyspnea.