Coronavirus, guida all'uso delle mascherine

Ne esistono di diversi tipi, monouso o riutilizzabili in tessuto, per adulti e per bambini. Tutte le informazioni su questo dispositivo di protezione ormai entrato a far parte della vita di tutti i giorni

A picture taken on May 19, 2020 in Toulouse southern France shows various protective face masks as France eases lockdown measures taken to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus. (Photo by Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP) (Photo by LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP via Getty Images)

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Lavabili, monouso, in multistrato o in tessuto, trasparenti. L’universo delle mascherine, entrate nella nostra quotidianità è ormai sempre più vasto. Ecco una guida per orientarsi

Scuola, mascherine in classe? Esperti divisi: i pro e i contro

BERLIN, GERMANY - APRIL 02: Master tailor Ala Hadye sews protective face masks in her workshop on April 02, 2020 in Berlin, Germany. Hadye, who has had to close her shop due to nationwide measures enacted to slow the spread of the coronavirus, says she is making 30 to 40 masks per week on custom order from her customers. "I could be making masks all week," she said, but says she turns large orders down and concentrates instead on her core customers. "There are so many others making masks", she says of other tailors she knows. Since her shop is closed she sends the masks to her customers by post rather than having them come to the shop. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

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Quando si acquista una mascherina bisogna prestare attenzione prima di tutto al materiale

Coronavirus Italia, le mascherine sono obbligatorie? Tutto quello che c'è da sapere

An employee sews masks in the Atelier Miroglio masks factory on March 17, 2020 in Alba, near Cuneo, Northwestern Italy. - Miroglio is a tissues factory that started to produce masks not for sanitary use after the COVID-19 coronavirus emergency. The masks are made of cotton with a waterproof treatment. (Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO / AFP) (Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images)

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L'Istituto Superiore di Sanità avverte che il materiale non deve essere né tossico, né allergizzante, né infiammabile

Mascherine fatte in casa, i consigli dell’Iss su come crearle

An employee arranges N95 face masks in a box, at a factory that produces 40,000 N95 masks per day, in Mexico City on May 21, 2020. - The company operates with the support of the city government and the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and it will deliver 250,000 masks to the city hospitals. (Photo by Alfredo ESTRELLA / AFP) (Photo by ALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP via Getty Images)

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È importante la capacità filtrante di questi dispositivi di protezione, ma attenzione non devono rendere difficoltosa la respirazione

CASALPUSTERLENGO, ITALY - FEBRUARY 23: A man wearinig a respiratory mask and gloves is pictured on February 23, 2020 in Casalpusterlengo, south-west Milan, Italy. Casalpusterlengo is one of the ten small towns placed under lockdown earlier this morning as a second death from coronavirus sparked fears throughout the Lombardy region. (Photo by Emanuele Cremaschi/Getty Images)

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Una buona mascherina deve aderire bene al viso, coprendolo dal mento al naso, ma deve anche essere comoda e confortevole

WALLINGFORD, ENGLAND - JUNE 13: Home made cloth masks, made by Scrub Hub South Oxon and Berkshire volunteers, on display in a shop window and are available for a donation on June 13, 2020 in Wallingford, England .As the British government further relaxes Covid-19 lockdown measures in England, this week sees preparations being made to open non-essential stores and Transport for London handing out face masks to commuters. International travelers arriving in the UK will face a 14-day quarantine period. (Photo by Catherine Ivill/Getty Images)

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Il nome più corretto per definire questo tipo di dispositivi che utilizziamo nella vita di tutti i giorni sarebbe quello di ‘mascherine di comunità’, che a differenza di quelle a uso medico non sono soggette a particolari certificazioni

An employee controls surgical masks at a leather workshop turned into a mask factory, close to Vigevano, Lombardy, on March 19, 2020 during the country's lockdown within the new coronavirus pandemic. - A crafts company specialized in the production of leather goods and accessories for the automotive and clothing sector, has now turned its activity to the production of surgical masks on behalf of a company from the nearby town of Galliate, in the wake of the needs following the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP) (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP via Getty Images)

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Lo scopo di queste mascherine è quello di ridurre la circolazione del virus nella vita quotidiana

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Non possono essere considerate dispositivi medici, bensì una misura igienica utile a ridurre la diffusione del virus SARS-COV-2

BOLOGNA, ITALY - APRIL 23: A doctor wearing a protective mask in the Infectious Disease ward at Sant'Orsola Hospital on April 23, 2020 in Bologna, Italy. Italy will remain on lockdown until May 4th to stem the transmission of the Coronavirus (Covid-19), but some industries are being allowed to reopen. (Photo by Max Cavallari/Getty Images)

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Cosa diversa rappresentano le mascherine a uso medico, sviluppate per essere utilizzate in ambiente sanitario e certificate in base alla loro capacità di filtraggio

MADRID, SPAIN - MARCH 10: Health authorities recommend people to wash their hands often as a precaution against transmission of the covid-19 coronavirus. The number of people confirmed to be infected with the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Spain has increased to at least 1,639, with the latest death toll reaching 36, according to the country’s Health Ministry on March 10, 2020 in Various Cities, Spain. (Photo by Pablo Cuadra/Getty Images)

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Durante l'uso della mascherina è importante prestare molta attenzione alla pulizia delle mani

TOPSHOT - An employee controls health protection masks in a production chain of the Kolmi-Hopen company's factory, on February 1, 2020 in Saint-Barthelemy-d'Anjou, western France. - The company indicated receiving hundreds of millions of orders for health protection masks due to cases of coronavirus that emerged in a market in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. The coronavirus outbreak has so far killed more than 250 people and infected thousands in mainland China and beyond and has forced governments around the world to take drastic measures. (Photo by Loic VENANCE / AFP) (Photo by LOIC VENANCE/AFP via Getty Images)

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Quando si toglie la mascherina questa non va messa in tasca o poggiata su mobili e ripiani

LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 28: A single use personal protection mask seen abandoned as rubbish on a street floor floor on March 28, 2020 in London, England. British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, announced strict lockdown measures urging people to stay at home and only leave the house for basic food shopping, exercise once a day and essential travel to and from work. The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has spread to at least 182 countries, claiming over 25,000 lives and infecting hundreds of thousands more. (Photo by Ollie Millington/Getty Images)

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Per quanto riguarda lo smaltimento, la mascherina monouso va nei rifiuti indifferenziati

BERLIN, GERMANY - APRIL 02: Made-to-order protective face masks lie on an ironing board at the workshop of master tailor Ala Hadye on April 02, 2020 in Berlin, Germany. Hadye, who has had to close her shop due to nationwide measures enacted to slow the spread of the coronavirus, says she is making 30 to 40 masks per week on custom order from her customers. "I could be making masks all week," she said, but says she turns large orders down and concentrates instead on her core customers. "There are so many others making masks", she says of other tailors she knows. Since her shop is closed she sends the masks to her customers by post rather than having them come to the shop. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

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Se si tratta invece di una riutilizzabile, bisogna metterla in una busta e seguire le regole per il suo riutilizzo dopo apposito lavaggio

A view shows face masks put up to dry on a clothesline on April 13, 2020 as the sun sets in Rome, during the country's lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 infection, caused by the novel coronavirus. (Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP) (Photo by TIZIANA FABI/AFP via Getty Images)

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Generalmente è sufficiente un lavaggio a 60 gradi con comune detersivo, ma è bene seguire le istruzioni del prodotto

TOPSHOT - A hand sanitiser and a mask are seen on a pupil's desk at the Sadot Elementary School as the country eases lockdown restrictions amid the COVID-19 pandemic, in the town of Pardes Hanna-Karkur in central Israel on May 3, 2020. - Israeli elementary schools were given the green light to bring back students of first through third grades, as the country looks to gradually transition back into a more normal routine after seven weeks of confinement measures. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

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Le mascherine sono obbligatorie nei luoghi chiusi anche per i bambini sopra i sei anni

BERLIN, GERMANY - MAY 04: A surgical mask lies on a sixth grader's desk on the first day of classes since March at the GutsMuths Grundschule elementary school during the novel coronavirus crisis on May 4, 2020 in Berlin, Germany. Across Germany tenth graders began returning to school last week and elementary school pupils are returning this week in cautious steps to reopen schools that have been closed since March as authorities lift lockdown measures that had been imposed to stem the spread of the virus. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

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Si è tornato a discutere del loro utilizzo in classe, dove infine è stato deciso che dovranno essere indossate soltanto laddove non sarà possibile rispettare la distanza di sicurezza

Volunteers of the Italian Red Cross prepare protective masks which will be distribute for free to Florence residents to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the novel coronavirus in Florence, on April 7, 2020. - Italy's three-week lockdown to stop the spread of COVID-19 has been extended through at least mid-April and its economy is expected to suffer its biggest peacetime shock since World War II. (Photo by Carlo BRESSAN / AFP) (Photo by CARLO BRESSAN/AFP via Getty Images)

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"Importante – ha spiegato il segretario della Sip, Società italiana di pediatria, Elena Bozzola- è che il bambino non si senta spaventato, impaurito o in pericolo indossandola. Prima è bene che i genitori tornino più volte sull'argomento per rassicurarlo"

VERANO BRIANZA, ITALY - MARCH 25: Two designers use a CAD software to design a protective face mask at Cifra production plant on March 25, 2020 in Verano Brianza, near Milan, Italy. Cifra is a manufacturing company producing garments for leading global fashion brands. Following the novel Coronavirus outbreak in Italy, Cifra has converted its industrial activities to patent and produce a high-tech, double layered and water-repellent protective face mask for civil use, called WARP-MASK. (Photo by Emanuele Cremaschi/Getty Images)

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"Se in tessuto o cosiddette chirurgiche è una scelta – ha aggiunto Elena Bozzola -. Meglio portarne due di scorta, nel caso dovessero umettarsi, e vanno indossate con le mani pulite. Anche dopo averle tolte, bisogna lavare le mani"

Loredana Perrone holds a fabric and plastic see-through mask for the hearing and speech impaired, manufactured at her "Fantasia Tessile" factory on April 22, 2020 in Grugliasco, near Turin. - Francesco Tortorelli, owner of auto spare parts dealer "Grugliasco Ricambi", is the creator and investor in the project to product masks for the hearing and speech impaired, in collaboration with Loredana Perrone, owner of the "Fantasia Tessile" textile factory, at risk of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO / AFP) (Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images)

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Per quanto riguarda invece gli insegnanti si sta pensando anche all'utilizzo di quelle trasparenti, pensate inizialmente per i non udenti, che permettono di vedere la bocca e l'espressione del volto

Sandra Bagus, managing director of Bagus hearing aids, presents a selfmade mask for deaf people in her shop in Essen, western Germany on May 12, 2020 amid the ongoing Covid-19, coronavirus pandemic. - The hearing aid acoustician Bagus designed a mouth and nose protector with a viewing window for deaf people. With one of these masks, conversations with hearing-impaired customers who depend on lip-reading are possible. (Photo by Ina FASSBENDER / AFP) (Photo by INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images)

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L'idea di questo tipo di mascherine è attribuita ad Ashley Lawrence, ventunenne che studia negli Stati Uniti per diventare assistente alla comunicazione delle persone sorde