Researchers have tested a variety of popular hacks for improving the fit of KN95 and surgical masks, and found that while some hacks do improve fit, they can also come at the cost of the wearer's ...

Torii Station, Japan – The U.S. Army Garrison Okinawa Safety Office conducted annual fit mask testing for Logistics Readiness Center (LRC) personnel this month to ensure compliance with Army safety ...

Does your face mask fit properly? This doctor's three-step check will alleviate some stress on your next trip to the supermarket. In these decidedly “unprecedented” and “astonishing” times, I now ...

Researchers have developed a way to use a simple home aroma diffuser to test whether N95 and other types of sealing masks, such as KN95 and FFP2 masks, are properly fitted, a result which could be ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has changed its guidelines about masks and respirators a number of times over the past two years and gave its most recent update on January 14, ...

That's why a team at MIT has designed a device to assess how well a mask fits an individual user, quickly and easily. Known as cMaSK (conformable multimodal sensor face mask), the tool was designed to ...

Catherine Clase is a member of the Cloth Mask Knowledge Exchange, a research and knowledge translation group that includes industry stakeholders. Industry stakeholders contribute to the Cloth Mask ...

WASHINGTON – Federal health officials Wednesday urged Americans to consider wearing two masks as one of several strategies to better protect themselves against the threat of more contagious variants ...

In my experience, respiratory protection is one of the more common forms of PPE used by employers in the United States. In many cases, employers may decide to use respiratory protection to reduce ...

In light of new research, the CDC is once again emphasizing wearing a face mask with a proper fit and multiple layers to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Experts say if you have to keep adjusting your ...