Health
Doctors warn national advice on masks is failing healthcare workers – Sydney Morning Herald
Frontline healthcare workers say national guidelines on use of masks in hospitals is outdated and have appealed directly to federal Health Minister Greg Hunt for intervention.
The Infection Control Expert Group advises the nation’s key decision making body for health emergencies, the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee, which includes state and territory chief health officers and is led by the Chief Medical Officer.
National guidelines advise healthcare workers to wear surgical masks in hospitals, which cover the mouth but are not air-tight, and to upgrade to P2 masks only during procedures on known or suspected COVID-19 patients that generate aerosols -…
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