- We no longer recommend the use of respiratory protection. Then it is up to every business manager to do what they want, says the National Board of Social Affairs' purchasing manager Erik Magnusson.

Mission Review and SVT News reported on Wednesday that a specific model of Chinese non-CE-marked respiratory protection, "S.sangso", had been failed in two of three tests. The National Board of Health and Welfare chose to distribute it in 240,000 copies to the regions since the authority received the green light when they tested the same model themselves.

"An extra precaution"

When SVT asked questions to the National Board of Emergency Management Johanna Sandwall, she stated that the authority now advised against the protection.

- As an extra precaution, we slow down its use. So we have to decide if we should just test again or if we should just discard the shit, she says.

At the same time, Sandwall pointed out that the respiratory protection was tested and approved.

The Swedish Work Environment Authority has, after SVT's reporting, again contacted the test laboratory that approved the mask. The message from this is that the masks are properly tested.

- Then we cannot discourage use, says Magnusson.

Critical to SVT's publication

He is critical of SVT's publication:

- It is wrong to say that we distribute risky masks because the ones we deliver are tested and approved.

However, the party sent out by the National Board of Health was initially tested by the Stockholm region, and then failed, confirms the region for SVT. The region therefore did not want to use it, although the latter was given a clear sign.

Even after Stockholm's test, the National Board of Health stopped the mask, but had it tested again and then got approved. With that as a basis, the Swedish Work Environment Authority could then grant an exemption. Such a temporary condition was necessary because the mask lacked the CE marking. After that, the mask could be used again in the hospitals.

One month later, on June 23, a mask of the same name was tested by the Total Defense Research Institute (FOI). This time it was rejected, which SVT told us on Wednesday.

According to the Swedish Work Environment Authority, there are two respirators with the name S. Sangso. One has been granted temporary permission from the authority and can be used in health care. The other, which has been tested by FOI, has not been relevant to the authority.