Surgical mask

A surgical mask (also called a procedure mask) is a cloth garment worn over a doctor's face, usually around the mouth and nose area, during surgical operations or when dealing with bacterial substances. Outside the medical profession, surgical masks are worn by people to prevent the spread of communicable diseases.

In mainstream Smurfs media, similar masks were worn by the Smurfs in different circumstances outside the medical profession. In the cartoon show episode "Born Rotten", they were worn to keep the adult Smurfs from breathing in the air after a purple smelly hatchling from the steppes of central Asia had hatched in their village. In the episode "The Bignose Dilemma", they were worn in order for the Smurfs to breathe easy while they were collecting smurfberry pollen.

Empath: The Luckiest Smurf stories
In the EMPATH: The Luckiest Smurf story series, traditional surgical masks are worn by Papa Smurf and Dabbler during medical procedures which include surgery and childbirth.