Why Are Medical Masks Available in Pink?

Friends who have worn white masks must feel the same way. It is really difficult to distinguish the front and back of ordinary white medical masks!

I guess that one of the reasons why the masks became colored in the first place was because the user had to distinguish the front and back!

When it comes to the color of medical masks, in fact, in general, except when surgeons perform surgery or wear medical N95 masks with special shapes and colors when infectious diseases are more serious.

Most of the masks worn by doctors and nurses in hospitals are mainly blue and green, and pink ones generally only appear in pediatrics or obstetrics and gynecology. (Actually, there are really very few people wearing pink. Hospitals generally purchase uniformly, and rarely specify pink...) But when it comes to color, if you look closely, you will find many private hospitals and public hospitals. In the pediatric department, their nurse uniforms are all pink and tender colors.

The purpose of designing pink nurse clothes is not for cosplay, nor for good looks, but to comfort the children and relieve their anxiety (convenient for injections) through soft colors.

As early as 1992, studies told us that children are extremely concerned about the color of nurses' dress, and they like colored work clothes. In recent years, research has also shown that colorful nurse uniforms can help children feel less anxious.

Therefore, more and more paediatric nurses choose to wear light pink clothes. The hospital hopes that through this soft color, it can appease the children's emotions such as resistance, fear, impetuousness, and overwhelm, and give children a gentle and cordial feeling. Since the nurse uniform is pink, it is not surprising that the matching mask is pink.