{"id":6177,"date":"2020-06-19T13:28:38","date_gmt":"2020-06-19T11:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.red-on-line-ehs.co.uk\/ehs\/?p=6177"},"modified":"2025-08-22T15:21:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T13:21:49","slug":"uk-covid-19-the-health-and-safety-executive-published-a-safety-alert-on-the-use-of-face-masks-designated-kn95","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/gb\/blog\/uk-covid-19-the-health-and-safety-executive-published-a-safety-alert-on-the-use-of-face-masks-designated-kn95\/","title":{"rendered":"UK | COVID-19 | The Health and Safety Executive published a safety alert on the use of face masks designated KN95"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><div>  The Health and Safety Executive published a safety alert on the use of face masks designated KN95.  <\/div>\n<div>  The HSE indicated that&nbsp;<u>masks marqued KN95<\/u>&nbsp;did not meet EU standards of protection.  They&nbsp;<strong><u>should not<\/u>&nbsp;be used as PPE<\/strong>&nbsp;as they can not be confirmed to meet the Safety Sandards. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Should any KN95 masks have a CE marking, suppliers must show documentation that the marking is genuine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <a>Full safety bulletin here<\/a>.  <\/div>\n<div>Sources: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a>Health and Safety Executive, Safety Bulletin Use of face masks designated KN95<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <a><img><\/a>  <\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6178,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[475,591,611],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UK | COVID-19 | The Health and Safety Executive published a safety alert on the use of face masks designated KN95 - Red On line (COM)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/gb\/blog\/uk-covid-19-the-health-and-safety-executive-published-a-safety-alert-on-the-use-of-face-masks-designated-kn95\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UK | COVID-19 | The Health and Safety Executive published a safety alert on the use of face masks designated KN95 - Red On line (COM)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Health and Safety Executive published a safety alert on the use of face masks designated KN95.   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