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– We have received our first order that we shall start early tomorrow morning, ” says Arne Fonneland, executive vice president of Janus.
the Order of 10,000 surgical masks. When Janus has produced and carved to munnbindene, to the director on Tuesday, single-handedly carrying them to the Ekornes factory in Sykkylven to sys.
Wednesday, they shall be delivered to Bergen municipality.
To the normal produces the factory in Arna in Bergen woollen garments. Now employees who were given the easter break are asked to meet at the factory on Monday to create something completely different.
– Me the acquaintance is the first time it produced a face mask in the Uk, says Fonneland.
surgical masks: Such as an early version of munnbindet out, when the Norwegian broadcasting corporation visited the factory.
Photo: DAG HARALD KVAMMEN ANDERSEN / NRK Not approved equipment
When koronaepidemien began to spread over Europe, went prime minister Erna Solberg (H) out and asked the Norwegian business sector for contributions to fight the virus. Janus took then contact with the authorities, and offered to produce a face mask if there was a need for it.
the EUROPEAN standard for surgical masks requires that the drug be have a so-called bacteriological barrier of 95 per cent. After two weeks had Janus come up in a level of protection of 70 percent.
This week they had reached 90.1 percent, ” says Fonneland. Still, there is a way to go before the 95 limit is reached and the munnbindene thus can get the CE mark (the european sertifikasjonsmerket).
– the Client our says that the level of protection we have achieved is satisfactory for protection, ” says Fonneland.
Janus-the boss says that he does not have concerns at that munnbindene really does not meet the requirement.
– the Customer must define where in the value chain to use this. A would probably not gone into an intensive care unit or an operating room with this, but it can consider very well when you for example work together with less than two meters distance. If one is to use the best product in all situations, can go out for surgical masks that should be saved to the highest areas, ” says Fonneland.
PRODUCTION: on Monday starts the production of munnbindene.
Photo: Dag Harald Kvammen Andersen / NRK Precautionary measures
Kommunaldirektør Robert Rastad in Bergen municipality, says that they book into munnbindene as a precautionary measures, and that it is not due to lack of deliveries.
– We still get deliveries of the equipment which is approved under the standard. This is in addition, which means that we have more opportunities, ” he says.
Rastad says that there are different categories of needs for infection control in the municipal health service. Where the emergency room has one type of needs has a nursing home with koronasmitte another. Home care or a nursing home without proven infection have other needs again.
– We need to have a professional evaluation of whether this can be an offer to for example, employees in nursing homes without proven infection, ” says Rastad, which emphasises that they do not want to use this equipment as it is an approved equipped.
Munnbindet that had a protection level of 90.1 per cent was made up of five teams, while the municipality of Bergen has ordered a face mask with six layers.
– When will the protection be higher, but how high we don’t get an answer on before the testing is completed next week, ” says Rastad.
Rastad says that the municipality has received many inquiries from oems, which some manufacturers of smittevernsutstyr have required 50 times as high rate than the normal. He will not say what they pay for munnbindene from Janus, but designates the order as “significant”.
– It is a large party, but a reasonable price. We will give praise to Janus for how they have thrown themselves around and made this, ” he says.
Janusfabrikken will continue testing next week to try to come up in a level of protection of 95 per cent.
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