id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-017140-k4lzwfge Andersen, Bjørg Marit Protection of Upper Respiratory Tract, Mouth and Eyes 2018-09-25 .txt text/plain 6161 412 59 • Patient with suspected contagious respiratory infection-during transport, examination, treatment, etc.; use a face mask-also on the patient-to protect others and the environment from contamination. Department management is responsible for training, use and control of face masks, respirators and eye protection and that the equipment and written guidelines are available [5] . P3 mask is used by the surgical team and during all sterile procedures: in the case of operative treatment of patients with special types of airborne infection such as tuberculosis, etc., see above. However, surgical masks are not approved as protection against airborne infections: [5, 14, 24, 25] "Harmful microorganisms (bacteria, viruses, fungi) or components of microorganisms (e.g. endotoxins) may occur in air, either in dust, smoke or aerosols, or even finer distributed as droplet nuclei where all liquid has dried in. Transmission of microbes via small particles and droplet nuclei from influenza patients is not adequately controlled by the use of surgical mask [50] [51] [52] . ./cache/cord-017140-k4lzwfge.txt ./txt/cord-017140-k4lzwfge.txt