Face shield

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 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). Depending on the type used, a face shield may protect its wearer from a physical hazard, chemical splashes, or biological hazards.[1]

  1. ^ "What is Face Shield? - Definition from Safeopedia". safeopedia.com. Retrieved 2022-03-28.