这个是昨天TOH的CEO给员工的信中提到关于防护服装的部分
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) requirement clarification
I have also heard that many of you are anxious and uncertain about the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) and its use throughout the hospital.
COVID-19 spreads by droplet and contact. In order to provide the best protection for staff requiring PPE, we are following the
directive given by the Chief Medical Officer of Health that requires:
· Droplet and Contact Precautions for the routine care of patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19, and
· Airborne precautions when aerosol-generating medical procedures are planned or anticipated to be performed on patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19.
Please note that
N95 respirators do not provide more protection than a regular surgical mask during routine care, when a virus is spread by droplets or contact.
Eye protection, gloves, gowns, and surgical masks, when worn properly, provide an effective barrier against COVID-19.
Our Director of Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) wants to remind everyone that the most important things that we can do to protect ourselves are:
1. Ensure that hands are clean before donning, during and after removing PPE, as instructed;
2. Properly apply the appropriate PPE;
3. Ensure that mucous membranes are covered when providing care; and
4.
Properly remove PPE.