Did you know that…
there are different categories of sanitary masks
What are the masks for sanitary uses?
A filter mask or half mask is a device that is placed on the face covering the airways of the person wearing it (mouth and nose) designed to protect the user from exposure to external pollutants, and / or designed to protect the outside contaminants or respiratory fluids of the person that is wearing it.
Did you know that...
- There are more than 500,000 products based on medical technologies. You can find Medical Devices in hospitals, social services and in your own home.
- The European Healthtech directly employs more than 760,000 people. By comparison, the European pharmaceutical industry employs around 795,000 people.
- Germany is the country with the highest number of people employed in the sector, while the number of medtech employees per capita is higher in Ireland and Switzerland.
- In Europe there are more than 33,000 medical technology companies. The largest number of them are also based in Germany, followed by Italy, the United Kingdom, France and Switzerland.
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) make up about 95% of the technology industry, most of which employ fewer than 50 people.
- In the European Union, an average of approximately 11% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) goes to healthcare, a clearly pioneering, fundamental and constantly growing sector.
