Mr Steele said: "The issue of FFP3 masks is probably the best example of the police service knowing it has a health and safety obligation and then ignoring it. "We were largely dealing with people ...

He said that he did not use FFP3 masks when he was on the wards with people with Covid-19, adding: “My view about this is the guidance is usually there for a perfectly logical set of reasons.

The evidence that FFP3 face masks were more protective for doctors than surgical masks is ‘weak’, the Covid inquiry has heard. Professor Susan Hopkins, chief medical adviser at the UK Health Security ...

The equivalent disposable mask rating is FFP1. Mid-level P2s have a protection factor of 10, which is an FFP2 in disposable currency, and P3s, like an FFP3 mask, have a protection factor of 20.

That’s why the tight-fitting N95 and FFP2 and FFP3 masks – the ones that look a bit like a beak and are made from several layers of dense fabric – consistently perform best in Covid protection.

N95 and FFP2 or FFP3 are disposable just like the surgical masks but they pack several more layers of different fabrics. These layers include a polypropylene filter which can trap the smallest ...

Police Scotland's new respiratory protective equipment (RPE) policy will mean that where it can be "reasonably foreseen" that any officer or member of staff will use an FFP3 mask they should be ...

Upgrading to FFP3 face masks in hospitals could save the NHS £360m a year and help slash patient waiting lists Studies from York Economic Health Consortium (YHEC) and Vital Economics find higher grade ...