An advisory panel is recommending a major step up in protection for health workers dealing with patients suspected or confirmed to have H1N1 influenza . Panel recommends health care workers wear N95 masks for H1N1 patients . N95 respirators form an airtight seal around the nose and mouth . They filter out at least 95 % of particles as small as 0.3 micrometers . Report ##edly it is not known to what extent flu viruses pass through the mask .
Panel recommends health care workers wear N95 masks for H1N1 patients . N95 respirators form an airtight seal around the nose and mouth . They filter out at least 95 % of particles as small as 0.3 micrometers . Report ##edly it is not known to what extent flu viruses pass through the mask .