Face shield

A face shield, an item of personal protective equipment (PPE), aims to protect the wearer's entire face (or part of it) from hazards such as flying objects and road debris, chemical splashes (in laboratories or in industry), or potentially infectious materials (in medical and laboratory environments).

During the COVID-19 pandemic, people from 86 countries engaged in the voluntary production of PPE to supplement traditional supply chains - many of which had been interrupted.

[3] They collectively produced a total of 25 million face shields with techniques including 3D printing, Laser cutting, Injection molding.

The non-ballistic shield will provide no protection from projectiles shot from firearms,[5] but is usually designed to withstand low velocity impacts, like caused by punches or thrown objects.

[6] A ballistic face shield is designed to stop or deflect blast and fragments from operators wearing bomb suits[7] To protect the wearers eyes and face from ballistic threats in combat is envisioned in the PEO Soldier program for the United States Department of Defense.

A United States Navy Electrician's Mate wearing a face shield while checking for bad fuses on a lighting panel
Nurse using a face shield during the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone , 2014.
A laboratory technician wearing a face shield during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil
A video describing research on the efficacy of face shields to protect against aerosol emitted from coughing