Pharmacy Medicines : 3-ply Layered Masks Immune Support

With increasing awareness that masks are a key tool to reduce the number of infections, both by lowering the chance of you contracting a virus but moreso, decreasing the risk that you can infect others (even if asymptomatic), masks are likely to become standard across the globe. Indeed, in many countries, the wearing of masks is mandatory when leaving your home.

With greater protective capabilities than a home-made mask, these masks are an excellent way for you to protect the health of your community. While they are disposable in nature, there are a number of methods by which they can be re-used but with them coming in a pack of 20, the easiest way would be simply to cycle between different masks so you never wear the same mask more than once a week (allowing time for any germs on the mask to die).

Easy to fit, simply loop over your ears before going out and dispose of or follow instructions to make reusable after returning home or reaching your destination.

Practical Advice for Using Mask

1. Before putting on a mask, clean hands with alcohol-based hand rub or soap and water.

2. Cover mouth and nose with mask and make sure there are no gaps between your face and the mask.

3. Avoid touching the mask while using it; if you do feel the need to do so, clean your hands with our surgical grade sanitising spray both before and after you touch the mask.

4. Replace the mask with a new one as soon as it is damp and do not re-use single-use masks.

5. To remove the mask: remove it from behind (do not touch the front of mask); discard immediately in a closed bin if not being reused; clean hands with alcohol-based hand rub or 6. soap and water.

Want to reuse your mask?

To get even more value out of your mask, research has outlined a few safe and effective methods of cleaning your mask. While to be 100% safe we recommend you wear a mask only once and then discard it, here are the various options being used to disinfect the masks effectively.

1. Boil a pan of water and place the mask in the steam from the pan for 30 minutes then use a hairdrier for 10 minutes.
2. Soak the mask in hot water (min.temp of 60c) for 30 minutes, then drying with a hair drier for 10 minutes after this.
3. Use bright UV light for 15 minutes exposure time which is effective at sterilizing the masks.
4. Heating the masks in an oven at a temperature of 75c for 30 minutes.
5. If you are unable to access the other methods you can also disinfect the masks with surgical grade sanitising spray.If using this method you should spray the masks throughly and ideally only use this method if once, following up with one of the other four options when you get the chance.