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Originally Posted by Okami
This is the issue we are having in our workplace. Although currently the recommendations state N95 should only be used during aerosol producing procedures. Many nurses ignore this and use N95 mask for all cases of positive/pending COVID cases.
Seeing as our supplies are likely going to be low soon I don’t want to be working when we run out of N95 masks due to misuse and need to perform an aerosol producing procedure.
Skinny posted a 3 links and one of them states that even when patients cough there have been studies which showed aerosols remained in the air for minutes to hours.
Sort of hard when there’s no clear cut answer.
On an unrelated note. You can also make masks from puppy pee liners. There’s even a waterproof side which could block any liquids from passing through the mask.
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Current recommendations is that N95 isn't necessary for swabbing. Thoughts going through my head after reviewing the list of aerosol producing procedure, specifically sputum induction and open airway suctioning. With the former, the goal is to cough, for the latter, the patient might cough. You might get coughed in the face while swabbing.
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Originally Posted by spoon.ek9
so the answer to this question appears to be no. that is very concerning for our testing staff.
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Is it a specific team that is collecting samples? If so, has anyone in the team tested positive?
If not a specific team, for the people you've asked, are they just using surgical mask and don't think too much about it? Or are they pushing for n95's?