Some 600,000 face masks distributed to hospitals across the Netherlands have been recalled for being defective, public news broadcaster NOS writes.
The FFP2 masks failed quality standards by not fitting well around mouth and nose, and obtaining over a faulty membrane, endangering health workers when treating patients.
Numerous hospitals took the initiative to test the masks themselves. “I immediately rejected those masks when they were delivered to us,” one person from an affected hospital said to NOS. “If those masks do not close properly, the virus particles can simply pass through. We do not use them. They are unsafe for our people.”
