Recently with more COVID-19 variants emerging and spreading to different countries worldwide, people are feeling the need for extra protection extreamly. With so many different types of face masks on the markets to choose , which one is the right one for you? Lanhine medeical make surgical medical face mask, kids face mask, face shield, wound care and personel care products. Most people don’t realize that different countries have different standards for these respirators. We’re here to give you a quick comparison and clarify the key differences!
- N95 (United States NIOSH-42CFR84)
- FFP2 (Europe EN 149-2001)
- KN95 (China GB2626-2006)
- KF94 (Korea KMOEL – 2017-64)
| Certification/ Class (Standard) |
N95 (NIOSH-42CFR84) |
FFP2 (EN 149-2001) |
KN95 (GB2626-20 06) |
KF94 (KMOEL – 2017-64) | ||
| Filter performance – must be ≥ X% efficient |
≥ 95% | ≥ 94% | ≥ 95% | ≥ 94% | ||
| Test agent | NaCl | NaCl and paraffin oil | NaCl | NaCl and paraffin oil | ||
| Total inward leakage (TIL)* – tested on human subjects each performing exercises |
N/A | ≤ 8% leakage (arithmetic mean) | ≤ 8% leakage (arithmetic mean) | ≤ 8% leakage (arithmetic mean) | ||
| Inhalation resistance – max pressure drop | ≤ 343 Pa | ≤ 70 Pa (at 30 L/min) ≤ 240 Pa (at 95 L/min) ≤ 500 Pa (clogging) |
≤ 350 Pa | ≤ 70 Pa (at 30 L/min) ≤ 240 Pa (at 95 L/min) |
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| Flow rate | 85 L/min | Varied – see above | 85 L/min | Varied – see above | ||
| Exhalation resistance – max pressure drop | ≤ 245 Pa | ≤ 300 Pa | ≤ 250 Pa | ≤ 300 Pa | ||
| Flow rate | 85 L/min | 160 L/min | 85 L/min | 160 L/min | ||
| Exhalation valve leakage requirement | Leak rate ≤ 30 mL/min | N/A | Depressurization to Pa ≥ 20 sec | visual inspection after 300 L /min for 30 sec | ||
| Force applied | -245 Pa | N/A | -1180 Pa | N/A | ||
| CO2 clearance requirement | N/A | ≤ 1% | ≤ 1% | ≤ 1% | ||
Post time: Apr-02-2022