Health
Doctors left exposed as mask fitting, vaccinations lag – Daily Mercury
Queensland public hospital doctors are calling for more protection against COVID-19 amid the latest outbreak.
A survey of Queensland public hospital doctors carried out amid the state’s latest COVID-19 virus outbreak has found many have not been fit-tested for a high-filtration mask and were yet to receive even one dose of vaccine.
Almost half of the 365 respondents said they regularly treated patients who might be infected with COVID-19.
However, 70 per cent of those who answered the survey said they had not been fit-tested for a P2 or N95 mask used when treating COVID-19 patients.
And 43 per cent had…
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