surgical mask

oro-nasal cover worn by health professionals to reduce spread of airborne pathogens
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surgical mask
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Summary

surgical mask is a protective face mask[1]. It draws 110 Wikipedia views per month (protective_face_mask category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • surgical mask's instance of is recorded as protective face mask[3].
  • surgical mask is made of nonwoven fabric[4].
  • surgical mask is made of elastic[5].
  • surgical mask is a type of surgical equipment[6].
  • surgical mask is a type of personal protective measure[7].
  • surgical mask is a type of disposable product[8].
  • surgical mask is a type of source control (respiratory disease)[9].
  • surgical mask's Commons category is recorded as Surgical masks[10].
  • surgical mask's Unicode character is recorded as 😷[11].
  • surgical mask's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Medical masks[12].
  • surgical mask's described at URL is recorded as https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Face_mask[13].
  • surgical mask's different from is recorded as respirator[14].
  • surgical mask's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject COVID-19[15].
  • surgical mask's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject COVID-19[16].
  • surgical mask's P14470 is recorded as Objects/Surgical_Mask[17].

Body

Designation and Status

surgical mask's instance of is recorded as protective face mask[3].

Cultural Significance

Things named for surgical mask include eRouška[18], a COVID-19 app[19], in Czech Republic[20].

Why It Matters

surgical mask draws 110 Wikipedia views per month (protective_face_mask category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 74 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Entities named for it include eRouška[18], a COVID-19 app[19], in Czech Republic[20].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . google.com. google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Non-pharmaceutical public health measures for mitigating the risk and impact of epidemic and pandemic influenza. doi.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . google.com. google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 20d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 61
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'as', 'az', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bew', 'bg', 'bn', 'ca', 'cs', 'da', 'de',
    Gnd id → 1221159062
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56529|batch #56529]]: Import GNDs from dewiki"
  2. 12w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    Subclass of → surgical equipment, personal protective measure, disposable product +1
    Instance of → —
    Different from → respirator
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14470: Objects/Surgical_Mask, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
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