DoceliotDec 10, 2022
Dr Pieter Peach
Let me make this *abundantly* clear. If you are symptomatic or at risk of being infectious with something that could complicate your patient’s clinical course, a fit-tested respirator (N95, FFP2, P2) is a low cost measure that you as a healthcare worker ignore to the detriment of your patient’s safety.
This is not controversial & is reflected in the current COVID policy instituted in many hospitals, but is likely just as relevant for #influenza, #RSV, #Rhinovirus. #Masks #COVID19 #PatientSafety
Dec 10, 2022 at 10:57amToot!
Show threadDocOnSkisDec 10, 2022

@PieterPeach

Why I keep an elastomeric mask set at work.

No disposable mask fits properly for > 5 mimutes in the real world.

Show threadDr Pieter PeachDec 10, 2022
@TriageMonkey It may depend on your mask and/or face. The Aura works well for many over the duration of a shift. Elastomerics are good, but we’re probably still waiting for good long term solution for healthcare that allows them to be used more frequently and includes optimal source control. Waiting for one of these to arrive to try https://reusable-respirators.com/
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Show threadEllieDec 10, 2022
@PieterPeach I don't know how to acquire a that respirator and at this point I'm afraid to ask.
Show threadDr Pieter PeachDec 10, 2022
@ellie A particulate filtering respirator is simply a disposable N95 mask, or in Australia a P2. It’s what we’ve been wearing in hospitals since the beginning of pandemic
Show threadEllieDec 10, 2022
@PieterPeach oh; I use disposable N95 constantly. I thought you were referring to something less disposable, with the cartridges. Is that N100-territory? Or just different reusability?
Show threadDr Pieter PeachDec 10, 2022
@ellie I’m just referring to the simple disposable N95s or FFP2s.