WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT MEDICAL MASKS?

The need for protection when working with people who are sick, doctors have realized for a long time, long before the mechanisms of transmission of infectious agents have been installed. For centuries, the accumulation of scientific knowledge and the creation of new materials, there was improvement of respiratory protection against infectious agents and toxic substances. One such means and are medical masks. They, along with other important objects of medical clothing (gloves, gown, cap) do not only protect medical staff, but also of patients seeking treatment, and are one of the most important discoveries in the field of aseptic technique, to change the entire surgery.