Recently with more COVID-19 variants emerging and spreading to different countries worldwide, people are feeling the need for extra protection extreamly. With so many different types of face masks on the markets to choose , which one is the right one for you? Lanhine medeical make surgical medical face mask, kids face mask, face shield, wound care and personel care products. Most people don`t realize that different countries have different standards for these respirators. We`re here to give you a quick comparison and clarify the key differences!
- N95 (United States NIOSH-42CFR84)
- FFP2 (Europe EN 149-2001)
- KN95 (China GB2626-2006)
- KF94 (Korea KMOEL – 2017-64)
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Certification/
Class
(Standard)N95
(NIOSH-42CFR84)FFP2
(EN 149-2001)KN95
(GB2626-20 06)KF94 (KMOEL – 2017-64) Filter performance –
must be ≥ X% efficient≥ 95% ≥ 94% ≥ 95% ≥ 94% Test agent NaCl NaCl and paraffin oil NaCl NaCl and paraffin oil Total inward leakage (TIL)*
– tested on human subjects each performing exercisesN/A ≤ 8% leakage (arithmetic mean) ≤ 8% leakage (arithmetic mean) ≤ 8% leakage (arithmetic mean) Inhalation resistance – max pressure drop ≤ 343 Pa ≤ 70 Pa (at 30 L/min)
≤ 240 Pa (at 95 L/min)
≤ 500 Pa (clogging)≤ 350 Pa ≤ 70 Pa (at 30 L/min)
≤ 240 Pa (at 95 L/min)Flow rate 85 L/min Varied – see above 85 L/min Varied – see above Exhalation resistance – max pressure drop ≤ 245 Pa ≤ 300 Pa ≤ 250 Pa ≤ 300 Pa Flow rate 85 L/min 160 L/min 85 L/min 160 L/min Exhalation valve leakage requirement Leak rate ≤ 30 mL/min N/A Depressurization to Pa ≥ 20 sec visual inspection after 300 L /min for 30 sec Force applied -245 Pa N/A -1180 Pa N/A CO2 clearance requirement N/A ≤ 1% ≤ 1% ≤ 1%