Hi
Try
http://www.nad.org/site/pp.asp?c=foINKQMBF&b=187006
I'm told that Kimberly-Clark own the patent for clear surgical masks
until 2013 and it was in 2001 that the above article was written. It
includes a letter urging K-C to produce them for the very reason that
Kirsty wants them.
There's another kind that might be suitable at
http://www.tradekey.com/ks-transparent-surgical-mask/
Caroline
A. Kent wrote:
>hi,
>according to the link below, the company kimberly clark hold the patent for
>clear surgical masks, so would be worth starting there..
>http://student.bmj.com/issues/07/02/life/74.php
>
>
>the US site 'exceptional nusre' lists a US patent number
>http://www.exceptionalnurse.com/equipment.html
>
>or maybe try this?:
>http://www.amphl.org/forums/
>
>
>On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:42:46 +0000, Kirsty Wayland <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>Has anyone come across a souce of transparent surgical masks so that the
>>student can lip-read her colleagues in the operating theatre? I'd be most
>>grateful to discover if anyone else has found a source of these.
>>
>>I have to say extensive googling of surgical masks has come up with some
>>strange things....!
>>
>>thanks muchly, Kirsty
>>
>>
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