Ergonomics Design the Medical Mask and its Effect on Comfort, Useing and Safety

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Clothing and Textiles, Department of Home Economics, Faculty of Specific Education, Zagazig University, egypt

2 home economic collage - menofia university - shebin el kom

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Ergonomics Design the Medical Mask and its Effect on Comfort, Useing and Safety
Prof. Awatif Bahig, Dr. Eman Raafat
Abstract:The current research aims to identify ergonomic factors that affect performance properties of a single-use medical mask, evaluate its use, determine its suitability for some groups of elderly and medical workers, in addition to identifying effects, problems resulting from its prolonged use, factors that affect the size of these problems, and access to Ergonomic rules for designing a medical Mask meet the required performance, in order to accommodate varying differences in proportions and dimensions of the face. To achieve its objectives, research followed descriptive and analytical approach. research tools represented in questionnaires about ergonomic design of the single-use medical mask, satisfaction of its users, were applied to research sample (consumer “the elderly, medical workers”,, arbitrators in the field of design, clothing and textile), this research followed descriptive, analytical approach, data were analyzed, statistical treatments were carried out,, research reached a statistically significant positive correlation between the ergonomics of single-use medical mask design with its different axes in light of the opinions of arbitrators, and the low level of satisfaction for medical Mask users (consumer). To ergonomic rules for performance of medical Mask, a proposed presentation for designing, producing multiple sizes of a single-use medical mask with ergonomic standards, specifications that fit characteristics of different groups and body contrasts to achieve comfort, use and safety.

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