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Originally Posted by spoon.ek9
We have already begun changing our personal protection strategies around the hospital. Up until a week ago, there was a consensus by upper management that wearing a mask was unnecessary and "looked bad". That's changed now and it didn't take long. In the roles I am involved in, we are now to wear gloves and a mask, sanitize in between wards and if necessary dispose of our PPE once finished in particular wards. We are using these things at a completely unprecedented rate. Current supplies will not last as long as you might think. We have also been told to bring a pair of shoes to leave at work. My role in emergency has changed as well. Due to shortage of PPE and to reduce risk of contracting the virus I am now being told to talk to patients via phone. This means either their personal cellphones or with the wireless phone in the department.
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thank you for the service
was talking to my colleagues about a month ago and we all agreed asepsis at some hospital departments leaves a lot to be desired and most of this is already no brainer in other areas of health care
hope medical personnel would stop leaving a used mask on their chins after all this...as well as no more scrubs in public
face palm on some of the hospital admin...looking bad for a bloodborne communicable diease sure...this early on was known to be respiratory
btw our clnic already donated all the masks we had