The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a warning to industries including construction that a “substantial” number of face masks claiming to meet KN95 standards aren’t of good enough quality to be used safely.
The substandard products, also known as filtering facepiece respirators, are also likely to be accompanied by fake or fraudulent paperwork, the HSE cautioned.
KN95 is a performance rating under Chinese standards, the requirements of which are broadly the same as the European standard BSEN149:2001+A1:2009 for FFP2 facemasks.
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