Face masks in radiation oncology clinics: based on evidence or source of mistakes?

We here express our concern about a general decree to let patients wear face masks in radiation oncology clinics. We believe that potential risks associated with wearing masks, such as the risk of confounding patients, outweigh any benefits of such a policy for which evidence of protection from COVI...

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Autores principales: Klement, Rainer J., Sweeney, Reinhart A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2020
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Letter to the Editor
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7395576/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32740875
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12032-020-01403-8
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description We here express our concern about a general decree to let patients wear face masks in radiation oncology clinics. We believe that potential risks associated with wearing masks, such as the risk of confounding patients, outweigh any benefits of such a policy for which evidence of protection from COVID-19 is generally weak. For asymptomatic patients, wearing masks in addition to hygiene standards will not provide additional protection of others and should be cautioned against.
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spelling pubmed-73955762020-08-03 Face masks in radiation oncology clinics: based on evidence or source of mistakes? Klement, Rainer J. Sweeney, Reinhart A. Med Oncol Letter to the Editor We here express our concern about a general decree to let patients wear face masks in radiation oncology clinics. We believe that potential risks associated with wearing masks, such as the risk of confounding patients, outweigh any benefits of such a policy for which evidence of protection from COVID-19 is generally weak. For asymptomatic patients, wearing masks in addition to hygiene standards will not provide additional protection of others and should be cautioned against. Springer US 2020-08-01 2020 /pmc/articles/PMC7395576/ /pubmed/32740875 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12032-020-01403-8 Text en © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2020 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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