Facemasks and the Covid 19 pandemic: what advice should health professionals be giving the general public about the wearing of facemasks?

Title: Facemasks and the Covid 19 pandemic: what advice should health professionals be giving the general public about the wearing of facemasks?
Creator: Stone, Teresa E.; Kunaviktikul, Wipada; Omura, Mieko; Petrini, Marcia
Relation: Nursing & Health Sciences Vol. 22, Issue 2, p. 339-342
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nhs.12724
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2020
Description: Many of us have been watching with increasing concern as the numbers of cases and deaths rise from the SARS-CoV-2 virus causing COVID-19. There has been public concern and anxiety, which has led to the panic buying of facemasks although facemasks are not recommended for healthy individuals but are essential for health workers and those with the illness. In this editorial, we will discuss the evidence for the use of facemasks and argue that inappropriate use of facemasks may cause harm and leads to shortages for those health workers who most need them.
Subject: coronavirus infections; prevention and control; covid1-19; health education; humans; masks; nursing; SDG 3; Sustainable Development Goals
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1461017
Identifier: uon:46089
Identifier: ISSN:1441-0745
Language: eng
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