When is the mask mandate over for healthcare workers?
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| With mandatory face covering potentially a long‐term requirement for UK healthcare staff, it is both timely and relevant to consider the consequences of mask wearing on communication across acute and community settings. | |
104 Citations | Until a cloth mask design is proven to be equally effective as a medical or N95 mask, wearing cloth masks should not be mandated for healthcare workers. |
17 Citations | The way that anti-maskers chafe at the mask requirement evokes a time when people were advised to wear a mask during the 1918 pandemic. |
Open access•Posted Content | It is not surprising that all the face masks should be solely reserved for the healthcare workers if the supply is short. |
| In this pandemic, medical mask supplies should be reserved for health care workers with encouraging people to use cloth masks while going in public. | |
18 Citations | Although mask reuse is not ideal, we must do what we can in emergency situations to protect our health care workers responding to the pandemic and the communities they serve. |
05 Aug 2020 13 Citations | Based on the available evidences, WHO continues to recommend wearing of face masks for healthcare workers and for those people caring for COVID-19 patients. |
66 Citations | We recommend the use of PAPR together with the N95 mask for healthcare-workers doing longer duties in the hospital wards. |
| Identifying knowledge, attitude, and practice of healthcare workers regarding face mask utilization is very important to identify gaps and intervene immediately to control the spread of the infection. |
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