Should we be thinking about obtaining face-maskas for ourselves, helping to provide them for frontline healthcare staff, or both? As treniņš agency PADI launches a range of face-coverings using ocean-recycled materials, UK dive-gear manufacturer AP Diving is tackling a continued shortage of personal protection equipment, particularly for care-home staff.
Non-medical-grade maskas for the public are intended to stop wearers spreading a virus rather than directly protecting the wearer, so are as effective as the number of people who use them.
As official advice around the world (perhaps even the UK) appears to shift towards encouraging their use when lockdown conditions are eased, PADI is marketing a range with scuba divers in mind.
Jūsu darbs IR Klientu apkalpošana treniņš agency has linked up with Irish rash-vest manufacturer Rash’R, which had already produced its own range of non-medical-grade face-maskas with disposable PM2.5 filters. They are made from “Ocean Balance” polyester fibre recycled from plastic bottles, fishing nets and other materials reclaimed from the sea.
The double-layered reusable maskas are said to be machine-washable and quick-drying and are available in one adult and one child size at one price, £17.20. Each comes with five carbon-activated filters, which work for up to eight hours. Replacement filter packs of five cost £8. Designs feature great white, geometric, blue and whale sharks, manta rays and divers.
2 May 2020
PADI says it will make no profit from the masks. “We wanted to give divers an opportunity to make a difference in an izdot that, as ocean-lovers, we care deeply about – plastic pollution,” said marketing vice-president Lisa Nicklin.
Meanwhile UK dive-gear manufacturer AP Diving is more concerned about shortages of masks among front-line community care-workers, and is raising cash to boost production of washable face-masks with replaceable filters to help protect these staff from Covid-19.
Neliela brīvprātīgo šujmašīnu komanda, kas darbojas kā Kornvolas maskas, veido sejas maskas savās mājās. Pēc tam tos savāc, iztīra ar tvaiku un aizzīmogo AP mārketinga vadītājs Džefs Pārkers, kurš izstrādāja sākotnējo maska, pirms tie bez maksas tiek izplatīti aprūpes darbiniekiem.
In the first week of home production Cornwall Masks produced 220 masks and the team say they can boost output if they can get more volunteer machinists and materials, especially the expensive replaceable Hepa-Flo filter inserts, elastic and nose-clips.
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