Covid: One million NHS masks fail high-grade safety tests
A million masks supplied to the NHS as high grade did not meet the correct level of protection, tests have found.
These are tiny virus particles that can build up in stuffy rooms and have been linked to outbreaks of Covid-19.Tests carried out in February show that masks branded "Fang Tian" and marked as FT-045A distributed for use in the NHS in England failed FFP3 requirements. The Department of Health and Social Care said 1.12 million of the masks were either in use in the NHS or in stores when they were withdrawn earlier this year. They said this represented a "very small proportion" of its overall stocks.In February officials said they had commissioned "independent testing" of the masks and that they would communicate the outcome "shortly". The results were only shared with NHS staff earlier this month.
"Even though they were eventually recalled, to know that more than one million masks were not providing the lifesaving protection they should have been shows what little regard has been given to the quality of some PPE and the procurement process it goes through," said Dr Vishal Sharma, consultants committee chair with the BMA doctors' union.
"All health staff exposed to Covid while treating patients deserved safety kit that met the most stringent standards. Clearly this wasn't the case," said Sara Gorton, the union's head of health. A spokesperson said: "This product is not a standard product for Polyco Healthline and was only provided to help the NHS during a national emergency.
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