Normative:Face mask
Normative
Variants and synonyms
- mask
- face covering
Examples
Accumulating evidence supports recommending that people who have recovered from laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 do not need additional travel-related testing for SARS-CoV-2 infection or travel-related self-isolation or quarantine at least within the first 180 days of the first positive NAAT test, provided that non-pharmaceutical interventions such as physical distancing, the wearing of face masks and hand and respiratory hygiene are maintained.
Source: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32021H0961
When scarcity is not an issue, use of a fitted respirator use of a fitted respirator mask is a reasonable option.
Source: https://www.sccm.org/getattachment/Disaster/SSC-COVID19-Critical-Care-Guidelines.pdf
The use of medical masks, as opposed to N95 respirators, did not increase laboratory-confirmed respiratory infection (OR 1.06, 95% CI 0.90 to 1.25).
Source: https://www.sccm.org/getattachment/Disaster/SSC-COVID19-Critical-Care-Guidelines.pdf
When consistent distancing is not possible, face coverings may further reduce the spread of infectious droplets from individuals with SARS-CoV-2 infection to others.
Source: https://files.covid19treatmentguidelines.nih.gov/guidelines/covid19treatmentguidelines.pdf
Collocations
- medical mask
- surgical mask
- masks and/or respirators
- respirator mask
Keyness
- face mask: >1000
- medical mask: 198
- surgical mask: 508
- respirator mask: 599
- fitted respirator mask: 982
- mask: >1000
Note
Most examples of "face mask" refer to oxygen face mask.