{"id":350,"date":"2022-11-14T19:15:41","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T13:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medisafeint.com\/?p=350"},"modified":"2022-11-14T19:15:41","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T13:45:41","slug":"how-to-properly-wear-a-face-mask","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medisafeint.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/14\/how-to-properly-wear-a-face-mask\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Properly Wear a Face Mask"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"sf-content-block content-block\">\n<div>\n<p>Masks\u00a0should be used as part of a comprehensive strategy of measures to suppress transmission and save lives; the use of a mask alone is not sufficient to provide an adequate level of protection against COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>If COVID-19 is spreading in your community, stay safe by taking some simple precautions, such as physical distancing, wearing a mask, keeping rooms well ventilated, avoiding crowds, cleaning your hands, and coughing into a bent elbow or tissue. Check local advice where you live and work.\u00a0<strong>Do it all!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Make wearing a mask a normal part of being around other people. The appropriate use, storage and cleaning or\u00a0<\/strong><strong>disposal of masks are essential to make them as effective as possible.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here are the basics of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ciUniZGD4tY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-sf-ec-immutable=\"\">how to wear a mask<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Clean your hands before you put your mask on, as well as before and after you take it off, and after you touch it at any time.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure it covers both your nose, mouth and chin.<\/li>\n<li>When you take off a mask, store it in a clean plastic bag, and every day either wash it if it\u2019s a fabric mask, or dispose of a medical mask in a trash bin.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t use masks with valves.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>For specifics on what type of mask to wear and when, see our\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/emergencies\/diseases\/novel-coronavirus-2019\/question-and-answers-hub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Q&amp;A<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0and watch our<\/em>\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/emergencies\/diseases\/novel-coronavirus-2019\/advice-for-public\/when-and-how-to-use-masks\" href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/emergencies\/diseases\/novel-coronavirus-2019\/advice-for-public\/when-and-how-to-use-masks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>videos<\/em><\/a><em>. There is also a Q&amp;A focused on<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/questions-and-answers\/item\/q-a-children-and-masks-related-to-covid-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0<em>masks\u00a0and children<\/em><em>.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/openwho.org\/courses\/COVID-19-mask-use\" data-sf-ec-immutable=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Take a 1-hour WHO course that tells you when, where and how to wear a mask in community settings.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Find out more about the science of how COVID-19 infects people, and our bodies react, by watching or reading this\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/emergencies\/diseases\/novel-coronavirus-2019\/media-resources\/science-in-5\/episode-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>interview<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>For specific advice for decision makers, see\u00a0<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/publications-detail-redirect\/advice-on-the-use-of-masks-in-the-community-during-home-care-and-in-healthcare-settings-in-the-context-of-the-novel-coronavirus-(2019-ncov)-outbreak\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WHO\u2019s technical guidance<\/a><\/em><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\" data-sf-element=\"Row\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Masks\u00a0should be used as part of a comprehensive strategy of measures to suppress transmission and save lives; the use of a mask alone is not sufficient to provide an adequate level of protection against COVID-19. If COVID-19 is spreading in your community, stay safe by taking some simple precautions, such as physical distancing, wearing a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medisafeint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medisafeint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medisafeint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medisafeint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medisafeint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medisafeint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":351,"href":"https:\/\/medisafeint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350\/revisions\/351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medisafeint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medisafeint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medisafeint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}