(from the July/August 2020 ACP Internist)
By Stacey Butterfield
Face shields on top of masks may be another avenue in fighting the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Masks are a key tool in the fight against COVID-19, but they also pose some problems.
Infectious diseases subspecialist Sonali Advani, MBBS, MPH, discovered both benefits and challenges of masking early in the pandemic. 鈥淭he burden of employee furloughs and contact tracing [due to COVID-19 exposure] in hospitals was increasing so much that we needed to implement universal masking,鈥 she said. 鈥淎ll employees, clinical employees or nonclinical employees鈥攖hey could be the person preparing our food or the employee who is cleaning鈥攅verybody in the hospital is wearing a mask at all times.鈥
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