What Type of Respirator or Mask Do I Need for COVID-19?

While the number of cases is surging past a manageable level, so is the demand for masks as well, with severe consequences. As the public is growing more aware and worried the sale of masks have soared doing whatever they can to get their hands on the masks. It is advised not to buy surgical grade masks as medical staff is are facing as a global shortage of medical supplies all around the world.

The shortage has gone to such a point that certain nurses in the United States have to resort to wearing scarfs and bandanas to prevent themselves from getting contaminated. Buying a mask thus is highly inadvisable and should be left for those who really need it namely nurses, medical staff, and other essential services. According to guidelines that the World Health Organization has put out on their websites as to when people should where masks the following was stated

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If you are healthy, you only need to wear a mask if you are taking care of a person with the suspected 2019-nCoV infection.

•  Wear a mask if you are coughing or sneezing.
• Masks are effective only when used in combination with frequent hand-cleaning with alcohol-based hand rub or soap and water.
• If you wear a mask, then you must know how to use it and dispose of it properly…”

As to answer the above question as to what type of respirator you would need for COVID-19.

N95 respirator masks are used by surgeons and doctors, but use against them is strictly not recommended as the ones who need it the most cannot get access to it due to worldwide shortages. If you are managing a restaurant it is important to have your staff wear masks. Rodents are a big issue in restaurants that can compromise the safety of staff. It is important to know how to keep your restaurant rodent-free.

According to an article written by Christina Frangou, the issue gets highlighted in the article titled “ The race to get personal protective equipment to health care workers” where Dr. Michael Warner, an ICU physician at Toronto’s Michael Garron Hospital emphasizing the severity of the lack of personal protective equipment “… It comes down to this: if physicians, nurses, physician assistants, respiratory therapists, pharmacists, paramedics and other health care workers don’t have adequate protection, they are risking their lives by coming into contact with people infected with COVID-19.

At present, the number of people infected in Canada is growing by several hundred by the day…”. The best way to combat the virus is simply to stay home, and if you do need to go out for essential business please practice social distancing staying 6ft. (1.5m) apart from one another. In this time it is crucial that we practice staying at home as much as possible to combat the spread.

Countries like the U.S. and Italy are seeing the effects of coronavirus on a mass scale prompting the governor of California to issue a statewide lockdown. Staying at home practicing self-quarantine is essential and is slowly becoming a societal norm.

Keeping your home sanitized and disinfected as become more needed than ever, and our services can help by deploying our disinfection and sanitization technicians to your home to properly treat every room, corner, nook, and cranny so you can stay rest assured during this turbulent time. Using non-toxic solutions to keep you and your family safe during these hard times.