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DURHAM Lakeridge Health is looking for donations of personal protective equipment from businesses and the public as the local hospitals implement policies to stretch the existing supply, including asking workers to wear some equipment for up to eight hours as they battle the COVID-19 pandemic. Theres a significant shortage of personal protective equipment not only in Ontario, its national and international. We all watch the news鈥?like other hospitals we are in short supply of some types of very important personal protective items so weve taken a number of measures to mitigate this, said Dr. Tony Stone, chief of staff at Lakeridge Health.He said Lakeridge is follow stanley cup ing guidelines se stanley quencher t out by Public Health Ontario and the Public Health Agency of Canada. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW stanley tumblers Staff caring for COVID-19 patients don surgical masks, visors, gloves and gowns and N95 masks are reserved for staff conducting aerosol-generating procedures such as intubation.Stone said that last week there was a large spike in PPE use by staff so over the weekend new protocols were put in place to conserve equipment. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW That includes guidelines on wearing masks, including N95 masks, for longer periods of time. Hospital workers were told they could wear N95 masks for eight hours as long as they didnt become soiled, torn or wet.Stone explains that as long as staff dont touch the masks, |
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