The importance of wearing masks in curtailing the COVID-19 pandemic

Primary care workers are the first point of contact for patients. Therefore, it is critical for this group of workers to understand the significant role of personal protective equipment and the importance of adhering to proper donning, doffing, and discarding protocols in epidemic control. These mea...

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Autor principal: Humphreys, Jose
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7491844/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32984094
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_578_20
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spelling pubmed-74918442020-09-24 The importance of wearing masks in curtailing the COVID-19 pandemic Humphreys, Jose J Family Med Prim Care Invited Article Primary care workers are the first point of contact for patients. Therefore, it is critical for this group of workers to understand the significant role of personal protective equipment and the importance of adhering to proper donning, doffing, and discarding protocols in epidemic control. These measures are crucial in curtailing disease transmission and the overall containment of the contagion. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020-06-30 /pmc/articles/PMC7491844/ /pubmed/32984094 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_578_20 Text en Copyright: © 2020 Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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