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my husband just got back from hospital after having a chest xray. He had on a mask but was told by hospital staff to take off his mask and use one of the hospital masks. He asked why but the nurse just said she didn't know just that they had been told to hand out hospital paper masks.
I wonder if they think our own masks aren't so good?
my husband just got back from hospital after having a chest xray. He had on a mask but was told by hospital staff to take off his mask and use one of the hospital masks. He asked why but the nurse just said she didn't know just that they had been told to hand out hospital paper masks.
I wonder if they think our own masks aren't so good?
It's to remove any issue of doubt. Masks of all types are available and not every mask type is tested to see just how effective they are. Hospital masks have to pass very specific tests and sets of criteria before they will be approved for use in a hospital environment. That way, when they hand out a mask to someone entering the hospital, the hospital staff now exactly how effective the mask is going to be, as in it removes any doubts.
It's to remove any issue of doubt. Masks of all types are available and not every mask type is tested to see just how effective they are. Hospital masks have to pass very specific tests and sets of criteria before they will be approved for use in a hospital environment. That way, when they hand out a mask to someone entering the hospital, the hospital staff now exactly how effective the mask is going to be, as in it removes any doubts.
my husband just got back from hospital after having a chest xray. He had on a mask but was told by hospital staff to take off his mask and use one of the hospital masks. He asked why but the nurse just said she didn't know just that they had been told to hand out hospital paper masks.
I wonder if they think our own masks aren't so good?
Wonder if I should look for proper surgical masks too then.