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Clay and mud. Cream or gel. Enzyme, exfoliating, and peel-off. Natural DIY. Signs you should switch up your use. Signs you should stop using the mask altogether. They apply to everyone working on our hospital sites including workers in our retail units, PFI staff, those employed by the University of Oxford and contractors. Visitors and patients need to wear a face covering or a face mask. A face covering is not designed for the same uses, and is made from fabric or cloth and should cover your mouth and nose while allowing you to breathe comfortably.
The Government has produced guidance on how to make your own face covering at home. You can wear a face covering - so the fabric covering, rather than the mask - when travelling to and from work face coverings are mandatory on public transport , or in areas where social distancing is difficult, such as in supermarkets. You should not wear a face covering instead of a face mask when moving around our hospitals if at all possible. Staff working in clinical areas already have access to face mask supplies, and should continue to access stock in the normal way.
There is no set time, nor recommended number of masks you should use each day. It all depends on what you are doing. However, if your mask gets dirty, wet or damaged, or if you touch the inside of it, then you should change to a new one following the steps above. When you take it off to eat or drink, you should dispose of the old mask, wash or sanitise your hands, and replace it with a new one once you have finished eating.
If you work in a non-clinical area, or are leaving the hospital, please use the offensive waste bins at hospital entrances and exits. These bins are solely for the disposal of single use masks and staff, patients and visitors can use them.
The bins are cream coloured with a black stripe on the lid and should not be used for any other waste such as coffee cups, food or food wrappings. No, if you are working alone you will not be expected to wear a mask - but when you leave the private work area to move through the hospital building, for example on an errand or to get some lunch - you should put on a face mask. Staff do not necessarily need to wear a mask if all of these conditions are met at all times, however this is subject to a workplace risk assessment and must be fully documented.
In most cases face masks are safe for anyone to wear, regardless of health conditions, and all staff working on hospital sites are now expected under national guidance to wear face masks in our hospital buildings unless they are in a COVID-secure area see above. This applies to both clinical and non-clinical staff and to contractors and anyone else working on our sites. Anyone who is not able to wear a face mask should not be working on site.
In corridors, lifts, on staircases and in any other communal areas staff are expected to wear masks. For those not used to wearing masks, they can initially feel restrictive, hot and uncomfortable, but for most, these feelings will improve in the short-term. Like all hospitals, we are asking all members of staff to wear masks to help limit the spread of COVID, and keep people safe.
This is in line with Government guidance. We encourage all staff to challenge others who have forgotten their face mask, to politely remind them of the need to wear one. There are face masks available at most hospital entrances. If we are not wearing a mask we should expect to be challenged and to put one on. Face masks have been used in hospitals for years, and very few staff experience problems.
However, if you do experience problems, speak to your line manager in the first instance. Our Occupational Health team can also help you assess and manage this - you can also look at their guidance document pdf, intranet link.
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Skincare experts at the University of Huddersfield are warning health professionals and the general public about the risks of significant skin damage caused by wearing face masks for many hours a day.
Although the devices offer invaluable protection during the COVID situation, they can cause damage through sweating and the rubbing of the masks against the nose. Professor Karen Ousey is the University's Director of the Institute of Skin Integrity and Infection Prevention and was part of a team that conducted detailed research into the pressure damage caused by a wide range of medical devices, including face masks. The findings and recommendations were published in February. Professor Ousey said: 'The wearers are sweating underneath the masks and this causes friction, leading to pressure damage on the nose and cheeks.
There can be tears to the skin as a result and these can lead to potential infection. She suggests that people wearing masks keep their skin clean, well-hydrated and moisturised and that barrier creams should be applied at least half an hour before masks are put on.
So you come away from the patient, relieve the pressure in a safe place and clean the skin again. Professor Ousey was a member of the global team that last year met in London to pool research on device-related pressure ulcers.
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