Talk:Source control (respiratory disease)/Archive 1

PPE
The jump from source control to cloth masks not being PPE at the start of the second paragraph is too abrupt. Some procedure masks (like YY 0969) are also not PPE, because they don't have any splash resistance and are only meant for source control.

And if you are talking about filtering properties of cloth masks, need to mention that surgical masks are also not meant to filter the inhaled air. The point of source control is to filter the air when releasing it (on exhalation, cough, talking, etc.). That's why most procedure masks are required to filter at least 95% of bacteria-sized particulates, but they are not meant to protect the wearer from such particulates, unlike medical respirators. --Amakuha (talk) 08:27, 22 May 2020 (UTC)


 * This is all very good feedback. Perhaps there needs to be more than a cursory explanation of the meaning of source control vs. PPE vs. respiratory protection.  I'll start to work on that.  John P. Sadowski (NIOSH) (talk) 01:31, 24 May 2020 (UTC)