Selection of filtering equipment protecting respiratory system against nanoparticles – including viruses Cover Image

Dobór sprzętu filtrującego do ochrony układu oddechowego przed nanocząstkami – w tym wirusami
Selection of filtering equipment protecting respiratory system against nanoparticles – including viruses

Author(s): Krzysztof Makowski
Subject(s): Health and medicine and law
Published by: Centralny Instytut Ochrony Pracy – Państwowy Instytut Badawczy
Keywords: nanoparticles: nanoearosol: filtering equipment: respiratory protection: filtering half masks

Summary/Abstract: This article provides basic information about protection of respiratory system from aerosols that contain nanoparticles. Nanoparticles, with which we are increasingly dealing not only in work, as a result of the development of new technologies, but also in everyday life. The growing number of hazards absorbed through the respiratory system, related to the development of industry, new technologies and pollution of the environment in which we live, is nowadays a situation that we must face more and more often. The growing awareness of users of respiratory protective devices regarding existing hazards is also extremely important from the point of view of public health. We have already got used to the image of people in filtering masks on the streets of our cities, protecting against smog. The history of purifying air for breathing goes back to the Roman Empire, where in the first century AD most probably the first time a respiratory protection was used. It is undoubtedly connected with the history of development and the needs of humanity. Respiratory protection through the use of individual solutions in the form of respiratory protection equipment, in today's world is becoming a more common phenomenon. It no longer applies only to employees but also to private individuals.

  • Issue Year: 583/2020
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 14-19
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Polish
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