Mask etiquette amidst COVID-19 crisis and personal protection equipment shortage
The COVID-19 virus is transmitted through close contact between people, via droplets and possibly via airborne transmission. Wearing a mask is one of the recommended preventive measures that can reduce the transmission of COVID-19. But due to panic buying and increased demands, the health institutes...
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2020-01-01
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| author | Gaurav Salunke S K Biswas Vivek Bhat |
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| description | The COVID-19 virus is transmitted through close contact between people, via droplets and possibly via airborne transmission. Wearing a mask is one of the recommended preventive measures that can reduce the transmission of COVID-19. But due to panic buying and increased demands, the health institutes are facing severe shortages of these PPEs. This article reviews the types of masks available, the feasibility of reusing them and the dos and don'ts of each suggested method. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c5d561c0ac3f4ff1b7156fcf670966462025-08-20T02:13:26ZengThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology0971-58510975-21292020-01-0141445846010.4103/ijmpo.ijmpo_165_20Mask etiquette amidst COVID-19 crisis and personal protection equipment shortageGaurav SalunkeS K BiswasVivek BhatThe COVID-19 virus is transmitted through close contact between people, via droplets and possibly via airborne transmission. Wearing a mask is one of the recommended preventive measures that can reduce the transmission of COVID-19. But due to panic buying and increased demands, the health institutes are facing severe shortages of these PPEs. This article reviews the types of masks available, the feasibility of reusing them and the dos and don'ts of each suggested method.http://www.ijmpo.org/article.asp?issn=0971-5851;year=2020;volume=41;issue=4;spage=458;epage=460;aulast=Salunkecovid-19maskpersonal protection equipment |
| spellingShingle | Gaurav Salunke S K Biswas Vivek Bhat Mask etiquette amidst COVID-19 crisis and personal protection equipment shortage Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology covid-19 mask personal protection equipment |
| title | Mask etiquette amidst COVID-19 crisis and personal protection equipment shortage |
| title_full | Mask etiquette amidst COVID-19 crisis and personal protection equipment shortage |
| title_fullStr | Mask etiquette amidst COVID-19 crisis and personal protection equipment shortage |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mask etiquette amidst COVID-19 crisis and personal protection equipment shortage |
| title_short | Mask etiquette amidst COVID-19 crisis and personal protection equipment shortage |
| title_sort | mask etiquette amidst covid 19 crisis and personal protection equipment shortage |
| topic | covid-19 mask personal protection equipment |
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