Health care professionals who are facing a shortage of surgical masks and are on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic know the importance of how to properly wear and remove personal protective equipment.
Now, you can too.
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Emory University’s serious communicable disease unit has released instructions that show how to properly remove and wear personal protective equipment including masks, gloves and gowns.
Working with our Serious Communicable Disease Unit, @EmoryVme has created an outstanding set of PPE instructions (samples here) This series (https://t.co/ezZLYnfIT3) reflects the current #COVID19 pandemiv supply shortage in which #PPE may be conserved and reused. pic.twitter.com/6dYJ2nMf2v
— Emory Medicine (@EmoryMedicine) March 29, 2020
Health officials are debating the widespread use of face masks to possibly slow the spread of the coronavirus.
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However, if the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changes its policy, officials would recommend people fashion their own masks and not use surgical masks or other types of masks that are currently in short supply across the country.
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