{"id":4775,"date":"2022-04-28T13:40:50","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T13:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/famearchaeology.co.uk\/?p=4775"},"modified":"2022-04-28T13:54:10","modified_gmt":"2022-04-28T13:54:10","slug":"alert-ear-loop-respirators-masks-do-not-provide-protection-as-tight-fitting-rpe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/famearchaeology.co.uk\/alert-ear-loop-respirators-masks-do-not-provide-protection-as-tight-fitting-rpe\/","title":{"rendered":"Alert: Ear loop respirators\/masks do not provide protection as tight fitting RPE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hse.gov.uk\/safetybulletins\/ear-loop-respirators.htm?utm_source=govdelivery&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=rpe-safety-alert&amp;utm_term=safety-alert-1&amp;utm_content=digest-28-apr-22\">New HSE research has revealed<\/a> that respirators\/masks which rely on ear loops (including those provided with clips, \u2018snuggers\u2019 or other means of tightening the fit of the mask) to hold the respirator\/mask in place, do not protect people adequately when used as tight fitting respiratory protective equipment (RPE).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This relates to FFP2 masks, not surgical or other masks. If you have identified that tight fitting RPE is required in a risk assessment then you should note that HSE does not recommend using a mask\/respirator which relies on ear loops to hold it in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"799\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/famearchaeology.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/50894723071_5c980c1966_c.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/famearchaeology.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/50894723071_5c980c1966_c.jpg 799w, https:\/\/famearchaeology.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/50894723071_5c980c1966_c-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/famearchaeology.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/50894723071_5c980c1966_c-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><figcaption>Image by Marco Verch Professional Photographer CC BY 2.0 https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/30478819@N08\/50894723071<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New HSE research has revealed that respirators\/masks which rely on ear loops (including those provided with clips, \u2018snuggers\u2019 or other means of tightening the fit of the mask) to hold the respirator\/mask in place, do not protect people adequately when used as tight fitting respiratory protective equipment (RPE). This relates to FFP2 masks, not surgical [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-safety"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/famearchaeology.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/famearchaeology.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/famearchaeology.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/famearchaeology.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/famearchaeology.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4775"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/famearchaeology.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4777,"href":"https:\/\/famearchaeology.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4775\/revisions\/4777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/famearchaeology.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/famearchaeology.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/famearchaeology.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}