Unmasking the truth – protective mask use in an Emergency Department

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dc.contributor.author	Barratt, Ruth
dc.date.accessioned	2019-06-13
dc.date.available	2019-06-13
dc.date.issued	2019-06-13
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2123/20538
dc.description	2018 EHPR Conference	en
dc.description.abstract	Hospital transmission of pandemic respiratory infectious diseases e.g. SARS and H1N1 influenza, can be minimised by limiting the role of the healthcare worker as a vector for disease. Recommended infection prevention and control (IPC) measures include the use of a protective mask for respiratory infections; however, research suggests that clinical staff demonstrate sub-optimal compliance with appropriate mask use. Emergency department (ED) staff frequently encounter infectious patients and therefore should routinely comply with IPC practices. An understanding of the routine use of masks in the ED context can help inform policy and pandemic planning.	en
dc.subject	Protective mask	en
dc.subject	Infection prevention	en
dc.subject	Emergency department	en
dc.subject	Respiratory illness	en
dc.subject	Ethnography	en
dc.title	Unmasking the truth – protective mask use in an Emergency Department	en
dc.type	Presentation	en
usyd.faculty	University hosted conferences
usyd.department	Menzies Centre for Health Policy	en