Do Not Be Loose, Use SNI Standard Masks To Protect Yourself From COVID-19

Use of SNI Standardized Masks to prevent transmission of COVID-19

JAKARTA - The transmission of COVID-19 continues to occur. Several office clusters increased in Jakarta even after vaccination. This happened because of the lack of health protocols because of feeling immune. In fact, even though we have been vaccinated, the health protocol for wearing a mask must still be carried out.

The use of quality masks is an obligation in all activities wherever we are, to avoid the Covid-19 virus. Now, after more than a year of the Covid-19 pandemic, masks, which were originally a health product, have now become a trend for its users.

Many well-known companies produce quality masks, one of which is PT ATEJA. PT ATEJA is known as a textile company that is capable of producing technical fabrics. After working on technical textile, in its development, an idea emerged to make health-supporting fabrics, which, among other things, was triggered by the need for a hospital. in West Bandung Regency, namely curtains for inpatient rooms.

The curtain is able to kill viruses and bacteria that adhere to the surface of the fabric. This innovation has been certified by the Guandong Detection Center of Microbiology, China, which concludes that ATEJA's V-Shield product is effective at killing viruses and bacteria in <2 hours with an effectiveness of 99.94%.

Successfully developing health cloth products, PT ATEJA began to develop cloth mask products with the Ateja Mas brand. The first Ateja Mask made was a flat-fold cloth mask that had gone through a trial process, before finally being officially marketed on April 17, 2020.

At the end of 2020, Ateja Mask became the only cloth mask product produced in Indonesia that received AFNOR UNS-1 certification (the standard for cloth masks used in the European continent). This is a success in itself considering that Ateja Mask is in line with the WHO cloth mask standard reference through the Interim Guidance (June 2020), namely the flat-fold mask model is declared as one of the effective mask models to reduce the spread of Covid-19.

Ateja Mas is the first and only one in the country to win a Product Certificate for the Use of Indonesian National Standard Marks (SPPT-SNI) type C from LSpro TEXPA Balai Besar Tekstil, namely an institution.

product certification appointed by BSN as the SNI quality conformity assessment body for the scope of cloth mask products. For this reason, many government, private and military agencies use the Ateja Mask.

The Governor of West Java, Ridwan Kamil, handed over the SNI certificate on Monday, 19 April. In addition to developing Ateja Mask, PT ATEJA also innovated to produce Ateja Hazmat, which is divided into two categories, namely Medical Hazmat and Fashion Hazmat, for use in offices, for doctors (medical personnel), and the general public.