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As more #hospitals drop universal #masking requirements, I see many patients, family members, and medical staff who are rightly concerned.
🧵This thread has my best advice for protecting yourself from #COVID in high-risk settings.
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🧵This thread has my best advice for protecting yourself from #COVID in high-risk settings.
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Big Picture - Top 10 Tips if you're new to thinking about the importance of #mask quality, size, and fit in high-risk settings
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#FitTesting is not always needed but becomes extremely valuable if the following apply:
▫️ Prolonged time period
▫️ Others are unmasked
▫️ Indoor air quality is bad or not tested personally
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▫️ Prolonged time period
▫️ Others are unmasked
▫️ Indoor air quality is bad or not tested personally
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A THREAD
What happens if you do not pass #fittesting & there’s no safe face #mask for you to wear in #hospital #workplace #covid19vic #hcw @amavictoria
10 Questions:
1. What are your rights?
2. Will you be redeployed to a job that is safe for you away from clinical work?
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What happens if you do not pass #fittesting & there’s no safe face #mask for you to wear in #hospital #workplace #covid19vic #hcw @amavictoria
10 Questions:
1. What are your rights?
2. Will you be redeployed to a job that is safe for you away from clinical work?
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3. Will you be asked by your line manager, boss, admin person to take leave?
4. What if you have no paid leave to take, or don’t want to go on leave?
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4. What if you have no paid leave to take, or don’t want to go on leave?
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5. When will the correct size or type mask be available for you to wear in your workplace?
6. Why doesn’t your hospital have other options like PAPR for you to wear so that you can do your work safely?
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6. Why doesn’t your hospital have other options like PAPR for you to wear so that you can do your work safely?
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A THREAD:
Lessons Learnt From #Publichealth
We see the pattern globally over & over again of governments not taking a strong #humanitarian leadership stand & the devastation it causes a group of people
Unfortunately the treatment of #HCW in #COVID19vic is now an example
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Lessons Learnt From #Publichealth
We see the pattern globally over & over again of governments not taking a strong #humanitarian leadership stand & the devastation it causes a group of people
Unfortunately the treatment of #HCW in #COVID19vic is now an example
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#publichealth aims to improve health of all members of society through equitable distribution & utilisation of goods & services
Programs to improve health are only as good as the government & rule of law they operate under: sustainable +ve change comes from wise leadership
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Programs to improve health are only as good as the government & rule of law they operate under: sustainable +ve change comes from wise leadership
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#publichealth covers all members of society & the sustainable development goals (#SDGs) are for all members of society
It seems unnecessary to state it but in the #COVID19vic era it now must be clearly stated:
Public Health & SDGs Apply To Healthcare Workers #HCW
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It seems unnecessary to state it but in the #COVID19vic era it now must be clearly stated:
Public Health & SDGs Apply To Healthcare Workers #HCW
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#CoVID19 Sobre #mascaretes i #guants (per cert, i l'ediciĂł catalana?) i aprofitant aquest bon article que ens cita a Julia Vergara i a un servidor, unes precisions o ampliacions. Hi ha menciĂł a guants de lĂ tex, correcte. Mirin de fer servir, si poden, guants de nitril. El lĂ tex..
sobre tot si el #guant, a mĂ©s, estĂ empolsegat, Ă©s força mĂ©s alergènic que el nitril, mĂ©s neutre. Si el fan servir molt sovint potser alguns desenvoluparan problemes a la pell; demanin a personal d'estabularis. Per altra banda, el guant de nitril Ă©s mĂ©s resistent a quĂmics i a...
puncions, a estripar-se; per contra #guant de là tex és més "biodegradable" i dona més control tà ctil. Jo sempre escullo nitril si he de portar una sola capa. És més durable i més impenetrable, i si està trencat ni q sigui amb un petit forat, ho mostra; el de là tex, ho "compensa".
