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Hand-washing masks increases risks: study – Clare Northern Argus
Hand-washing cloth masks only increases the risk of COVID-19 contamination but machine-washing them can make them as safe as surgical masks, according to new…
Hand-washing cloth masks only increases the risk of COVID-19 contamination but machine-washing them can make them as safe as surgical masks, according to new research.
Professor Raina MacIntyre, of UNSW Sydney’s Kirby Institute, says cloth and surgical masks should be considered contaminated after use.
While surgical masks are single use, cloth masks are re-used and need to be washed daily at high temperatures to protect against infection.
Doing so means “a machine-washed cloth mask is as eff…
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