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Medica 2023

31 Oct 2023

With over 4,500 exhibitors from 66 countries and more than 81,000 visitors from all over the world, MEDICA 2023 in Düsseldorf is one of the largest medical B2B trade fairs in the world. Irema has attended previously and this year,...

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What is meant by BFE?

06 Apr 2022

BFE stands for Bacterial Filtration Efficiency. It is used to define the effectiveness of filtration materials and is a test performed on materials that provide protection such as face masks and surgical gowns. It measures how material filters biological...

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Irema donates respirator masks to Ukraine

04 Mar 2022

Irema Facemate FFP2 masks bound for Ukraine Irema has donated 36,000 FFP2 masks to two groups helping the people of Ukraine. Each group will receive 18,000 masks (one pallet) of FFP2 masks. The first will be shipped on Saturday...

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How to do an FFP fit check

23 Feb 2022

An FFP fit check (or fit test) is carried out after donning (putting on) an FFP style mask. (Instructions on how best to do this in a previous post). A fit check is necessary to ensure that there is...

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How to put on an FFP2 face mask

02 Feb 2022

If you are wondering how to correctly put on an Irema Facemate FFP2 face mask, the HSE has created a step by step document using Irema’s Facemate mask. Click on the image below to visit the page on the...

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When are respirator face masks used?

12 Jan 2022

The first blog in this series provided a face mask overview – the medical face mask guide. The second provided more detail about the masks we are most familiar with, surgical masks. Here I will go into more detail...

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