During national crisis as virus pandemics, bio-terrorism, chemical pollution, a response is to lock down all the economy, with several % GDP loss, or to convince population to wear, reasonably, appropriate individual anti-virus and bacterial protection accessories, made of a full head and shoulders protection mask, equipped with air ventilation and processing unit, and gloves, and body protection foil, for single or multiple use, and get minimal economic losses. The air processing unit may be developed a modular structure, starting from a simple filtered fan, with air suction on top of the head, flowing air over the face, for low probability of contamination environments, upgraded to a more complex unit including heat pipe, catalytic organic matter reduction, oxygen generator and closed circuit breathing unit, that may be integrated into a full body personal protection equipment by extending the functions of temperature, humidity and pressure control to full body, for hazardous environments.

The invention relates to a sterilizable and reusable ultraviolet-resistant elastomer composites including an elastomeric matrix comprising at least one elastomer; and an UV-resistant additive incorporated into the elastomeric matrix. The ultraviolet-resistant elastomer composite remains mechanically robust over at least 150 sterilization cycles, enabling safe reuse following ultraviolet germicidal irradiation (UVGI). Beyond N95 masks, these UVGI-compatible ultraviolet-resistant elastomer composites have potential utility in other PPE applications to address the broader issue of single-use waste.

A system and method for adoption and use of social personal protective equipment. A structure, such as an article of clothing or jewelry, incorporates one or more PPE features and produces a protective, non-physical barrier around the user that kills or degrades a targeted, or group of, pathogenic microorganisms.