Rubber band seal brings surgical mask protection to N95 levels, study finds Standard surgical masks don’t fully seal around a person’s face, allowing for more participle exposure.

Simple rubber band fix improves surgical mask seal to N-95 levels, study shows This easy, cheap fix could help people when and where N95 respirators are in short supply Date: ...

Simple rubber band fix can modify surgical mask seal to N-95 respirators, reports a new study. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and when maximum protection is needed against air-born infections, ...

A demonstrator shows how to use a surgical mask with an eight inch rubber band for a better fit. "Rubber bands, a low-cost and easily-accessible modification, can improve the seal and protective ...

A simple modification to a surgical mask using rubber bands can improve its protective seal against particle exposure to the level of an N95 respirator, a study suggests. Researchers say it could ...