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FarPoint

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1. If it was confirmed that the patient had COVID 19....

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Tue Apr 7, 2020, 08:46 PM

Apr 2020

then, the N95 Mask is what needs to be worn by the Nurse...to protect the Nurse...The surgical masks basically protect others from the respiratory droplets of the Nurse during breathing, coughing etc.....

The Nurse, Kenyatta Ervin...she is 100% correct...she indeed does need that N95 Mask to work 1:1 with an active COVID patient...

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If it was confirmed that the patient had COVID 19.... FarPoint Apr 2020 #1