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.