Coughs make aerosols
It's long been time for ward staff to upgrade to FFP3 around coughing patients and those with COVID
The urgency for this is dramatically increased by the new variant virus
No one seems interested....
@TheLancet @bmj_latest @PHE_uk
It's long been time for ward staff to upgrade to FFP3 around coughing patients and those with COVID
The urgency for this is dramatically increased by the new variant virus
No one seems interested....
@TheLancet @bmj_latest @PHE_uk
It is very clear that anaesthetists & intensivists were at lower risk of infection and harm in 1st surge
There are several plausible reasons but until it can be shown that it is not because of better PPE surely ward based PPE needs to be revisited.
…-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…
There are several plausible reasons but until it can be shown that it is not because of better PPE surely ward based PPE needs to be revisited.
…-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…
HCWs at 3-4x higher risk of infection 
...and more of the same
.....and of harm
summary of increased HCW risk
....studies showing anaesthesia/ICM (as locations and specialties) are lower risk
The mortality data show this too.
The mortality data show this too.
Time for us all to grasp this nettle
The new variant virus makes this ever more urgent
Not more virulent....but not less so
Greater infectivity will
-increase infections/admissions/deaths
-increase nosocomial infections of patients and staff
-harm staff
-close down services
The new variant virus makes this ever more urgent
Not more virulent....but not less so
Greater infectivity will
-increase infections/admissions/deaths
-increase nosocomial infections of patients and staff
-harm staff
-close down services
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