Guidance on the care of suspect/probable cases of SARS
The following guidance has been issued by the HPA with regards to the care of suspect/probable cases of SARS:
"Use of FFP3 filtering masks (98% filtering efficiency) conforming to EN 149:2001 for persons entering the room. Care should be given to face-fit checking (.pdf) and testing (.pdf) for this equipment. For more details see:
In the UK, COSHH (and other) Regulations require that PPE shall comply with the Personal Protective Equipment Regulations (2002). Simply, this means PPE shall be "CE" marked, i.e. confirm to the European PPE Directive (89/686/EEC).
Conformity is usually met by compliance to the European (EN) standard e.g. EN 149.RPE which conforms to the USA N95 classification will offer similar respiratory protection to an FFP2 respirator (92% filtering efficiency) but will not be "CE" marked and therefore should not be used."
Guidance on the use of respiratory masks: Example
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Taken from the HPA "Hospital Infection Control Guidance" 14 January 2004
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