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Terrified nurses fear hospital masks don't protect them from coronavirus

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nurses believe ineffective PPE is putting them at risk of coronavirus when they take swabs from patients suspected of having it.All nurses get to protect themselves are surgeon’s masks, which are designed to protect the patient rather than the wearer.Yet sometimes they have to stand in front of the patient for 15 to 30 seconds while the patient coughs in their face – an involuntary reaction to the Covid testing process.Nurses believe they should be wearing properly fitted masks that form a seal around their nose and mouth to protect them from any airborne particles generated by the cough.A nurse working in the west of Scotland said: “There are so many problems with PPE but the masks we have got are not appropriate for people on the.

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