RPE MUST be worn by NHS workers. Employers who fail to provide RPE are leaving NHS workers exposed to a known deadly airborne pathogen and in my eyes, are liable. @UKHSA @BOHSworld @uhcw_inf_con
https://twitter.com/profemer/status/1491059486400061444
I am a doctor who contracted covid whilst caring for covid positive patients. I was only provide with droplet PPE, leaving me exposed to infection. Staff who raised their concerns about PPE were admonished.
14 months later I am still unwell with Long Covid. My diagnoses include neurological sleep aponea, encephalitis, pericarditis, bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, tinnitus, dysautomnia and POTs
14 months into this illness, this was my HR last weekend. Resting rate 110bpm ^^ to 147bpm just on standing.
Trusts now beginning to take care of healthcare workers and are providing FFP2/3 masks. I am pleased about this. I do not wish for anymore of my colleagues to lose their lives or be as unwell as I.
Providing RPE makes not only moral and legal sense, but also economic sense. My story is not unique. Thousands of healthcare workers are now too unwell to work. Employers would retain staff and absences be avoided if they better protected workers with PPE fit for purpose.
Given the increased rates of asymptomatic transmission and increased transmissibility of Omicron, *ALL* patient facing NHS workers should be equipped with RPE. No excuses #COVIDisAirborne #WearAMask #FFP3
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