Thread by @ahmedaftab68

1- Please read this thread if you want to know what must be done to protect health care workers who are taking care of all of us during this Pandemic

@CNagpaul @helenamckeown @DavidGWrigley @terry_moran1 @NHS_RobW @TheBMA @TheDA_UK @Muslimdoctors @drneilpease @JeremyFarrar

2- Remember 625 HCWs lost their lives during the first wave - highest rate among developed countries

@petermbenglish @doctorshaib @DPH_MAshton @BWDDPH @AbdulRazaq_PH @felly500 @Smithkjj @FurberA @andrewleedr @ADMBriggs @DrZeshanQureshi @MontioMorgan

amnesty.org.uk/press-releases…

3- Remember disproportionate effect of COVID-19 on BAME HCWs&slowness of NHSorganisations in taking practical risk mitigating steps to protect them

@chrischirp @DrOKaneAgain @trentconsultant @mikejkemp @anilkjain61 @thomasdolphin @smileywalshey @AudioQ

bma.org.uk/news-and-opini…

4- Now there is increasing evidence that airborne transmission of COVID-19 virus occurs. Please see following👇thread

https://twitter.com/threadreaderapp/status/1312502544858406912?s=20

@BrennanSurgeon @NikkiKF @drpshukla @BMJLeader @raj_psyc @fernandof1974 @Vish_Sharm @blmdh1 @MunchkinDr @RealAndreT @globalhlthtwit

5- Does current UK PPE guidance provides appropriate protection to HCWs from airborne transmission of COVID-19 virus ?

The answer is - NO

@Dr2NisreenAlwan @ProfKevinFenton @ADPHUK @drtimallison @devisridhar @trishgreenhalgh @KailashChandOBE @docjon55 @surashsurash @ArunBaksi

6- WHO in its guidance👇makes it clear PPE recommended for UK HCWs to see COVID-19 pts in absence of aerosol generating procedures does not provide adequate protection against airborne transmission
@aakochhar @DrIainKennedy @ashwin_endo @NadiaBukhariUCL

who.int/publications-d…

7- Current UK PPE guidance recommends 'Medical Masks' for HCWs when they are examining COVID pts, their performance characteristics are tested according to a set of standardized test methods👇that aim to balance high filtration, adequate breathability

en-standard.eu/une-en-14683-2…

8-Medical Masks filter up to 3 micrometre droplets across the crosssection of the masks

but do not provide a seal around the wearers face therefore do not provide full protection against airborne transmission

@appne_official @APPSUK @blacksurgeons @IsabelStrawMD @monikaplaha

9- Respirators(N95,FFP2,FFP3 masks)provide filtration across entire surface,outer edges of the respirator seal around wearer’s face, result in protection against airborne transmission of virus

@AskJeevesWij @ShafiAhmed5 @BAPIOUK @NickyHay4Blog @ParagSinghal09 @Squeaksthoughts

10-Systematic review funded by WHO concludes:

‘For health-care workers&administrators,our findings suggest N95 respirators more strongly associated with protection from viral transmission than surgical masks’

@nurseboothroyd @DrStephenFM @peter_levy

thelancet.com/journals/lance…

11-Our HCWs need properPPE based on evidence

6th biggest economy in world can afford to spend £500million on #eatouttohelpout we can surely afford to provide'Respirators'to our HCWsto give them adequate protection from airborne transmission

@ghanchif @Duaharminder @ahmedhankir

12-
-Hopefully we have learnt our lesson

-Hopefully we will not fail at risk HCWs again

- Our representative organisations @thebma @theRCN must make sure appropraite PPE which protects against airborne transmission is provided to HCWs

@darshnasoni @doctor_oxford @HumiHG

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We must not let history repeat itself

"To err is human, to repent divine, to persist devilish"

We must protect all of our vulnerable HCWs
@Prerana_Issar @helenbevan @BoEscritt @SeacoleG @BeingMo @AndrewLotery @NHSBME @rogerkline @RCOphthPres @CMO_England @gmenon1423

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15 Police officers have died in the line of duty since 2010

625 HCWs have died since March 2020- we must at the very least give them PPE which gives them appropriate protection

@rcpsglasgow @RCPLondon @rcpsych @RCoANews @JackieDocjt @parthaskar @AmaraSophia @inzyrashid

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