The Public Health Center reminded the rules of wearing and disposing of masks and gloves. The agency stressed that improper use of medical masks reduces their effectiveness. “The mask is designed to reduce the release of infectious diseases from the respiratory tract. The mask also prevents excessive contact with the hands to the face. The risk of infection on the mucous membranes is significantly reduced,” – said the Center for Public Health.
How to wear a mask:
- throw rubber bands behind your ears, straighten the mask to cover your nose and mouth, squeeze the nasal plate;
- the mask should be changed as soon as it becomes wet;
- the mask should be changed every four hours;
- do not touch the outside of the mask with your hands. If touched, wash your hands with soap or treat with an alcohol-based antiseptic;
- cannot reuse mask;
- you can’t use gauze masks, they don’t provide the proper level of protection.
How to remove the mask: do not touch its outer surface – remove the mask by the rubber bands (rubber bands can be tied together), roll up and throw in the trash.
When to wear gloves:
- when direct contact with blood or other biological fluids, mucous membranes and potentially infected materials is suspected;
- when there is direct contact with patients infected with contact-borne pathogens;
- when working with potentially contaminated equipment and surfaces used in patient care.
How to take off gloves:
- touch it at the level of the palm with the other gloved hand and carefully remove it; hold the removed glove with the other hand in the glove;
- slide the gloved fingers on the wrist under the remaining glove and remove it by wrapping it over the first glove.
The Center for Public Health stressed that gloves should not be washed or disinfected for reuse.
“Microorganisms cannot be completely removed from their surface, in addition, the integrity of the glove structure is lost,” the agency said.
Gloves are worn last of all personal protective equipment.
What we know
- In Ukraine for the day of October 17 found 5,231 patients with COVID-19.
- Total during the pandemic on COVID-19 in the world 39 million people became ill, of which 1.1 million died. Over the past 24hrs, the coronavirus has been detected in 392,000 people, including 153,000 in Europe.
- As of the morning of October 17 in Ukraine recorded 293 641 cases of coronavirus, of which 6410 – in the last day.
- Chairman of the WHO in Ukraine Jarno Habicht believes that the situation may worsen and predicts up to 9,000 new COVID-19 cases daily.
- Also Habicht stated that the COVID-19 vaccine should not be expected before the second half of 2021
. - Stepanov Stated that there are already clearly defined priority populations to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
- Sumy Swaminathan, chief researcher at the World Health Organization, said that healthy young people are likely to have to wait vaccine from COVID-19 until 2022.
- Stepanov stated that the Ministry of Health for several weeks is working on the deployment of mobile hospitals, particularly in sports facilities, but the process has not yet begun.
According to the Center for Public Health.
