When & How to Use Mask and Sanitizer

When and how to use Masks

When to Use a Mask:

So the bigger question here is when to use the mask. Normally people have tendency to use it everywhere even when sitting on the home in the room alone. So here are some tips when to use it.

Below are few conditions in which one must wear a mask: 

• If you are not medical fit in terms of respiratory diseases like cough, cold, difficulty in breathing; then it is must to wear a mask so that others don't infection from you when you sneeze or cough and the droplets from your sneeze doesn't go in air.
• If you are medically fit but living or taking care of a person who is having above problems, then you also need to wear a mask to safeguard yourself.
• If you are a part of medical staff who is taking care of patients suffering from above mentioned diseases, then also it is must to wear a mask.

Below are the few condition where mask can be used as precautionary measure but only wearing a mask doesn't guarantee you the safety from virus:

• While going out in public gathering.
• While going to buy your groceries/medicines and other essential goods
• While travelling by a public transport
• While you are in condition that you might need to touch the unknown objects/surface.

How to Wear a Mask:

There are majorly two types of masks. Disposable and re-usable. Disposable masks should not be repeated more than once as reusing it may cause more chances to get infection. Reusable masks should be reused after properly washing them with hot water.

Here are some tips how to properly use a mask:

• Clean your hands properly by alcohol based hand sanitizer or with soap and water.
• Inspect the mask for top and bottom side; and for outer ans inner side of mask. Most commonly, the side with the bendable wire is the top of the mask and white side of the mask in inner side.
• Now depending on the type f the mask you are using, you should tie it accordingly as below:
• Mask with elastic earpiece: Hold the both sides of the earpiece and place the earpiece on each ear.
• Mask with ties: Put the mask at your nose level and tie the mask at the back of your head
• Mask with loop & tie:Put the upper side of the loop on the head and place the mask at your nose level. tighten the mask so that it fits properly by pulling the ties of the mask and then put a knot with the ties at the back of the head.

• Once mask is placed, pinch the bendable wire to fit your nose properly.
• Adjust the bottom of your mask to cover your face and chin.
• Again clean your hands with sanitizer or soap and water.
• Don't touch the mask while using it.

How to take off the Mask:

The way wearing a mask is very important, same way taking of and disposing off a mask is equally important. Here are some tips how to do this:

• Don't touch the front of the mask while removing it.
• Clean your hands with hand.
• Start removing the mask from the sides where you have tied it or the elastic earpiece side
• If it is disposable mask, immediately throw the mask in dustbin.
• If it is re-usable mask, put the mask at a safe place or the put it in bag for washing purposes as per the instruction on the mask.

WHO recommendation on When and How to use mask

When and how to use Hand Sanitizers

Using the sanitizers is very important to fight against the corona Virus. Now the bigger statement is when and how to use it.

Here are some tips to use the same:

• Wherever possible, you should wash your hands with soap and water. It is as good as using a sanitizer
• When there is no possibility to wash the hands with soap & water, use the alcohol based hand sanitizer with minimum 60% alcohol.
• Use only small amount of the sanitizer, approx to the size of the coin. 
• Don't touch your eyes, nose, face immediately after using sanitizer as it may cause irritation, itching
• Don't use sanitizers near a fire, as alcohol tends to catch fire.
• You can use spray based sanitizers also to dis-infect the commonly touched surfaces in homes.
• Keep sanitizers away from the reach of the children as it may be harmful if they don't know how to properly use it.