The Ashanti regional chairman of the Ghana Health care Association, Dr. Paa Kwasi Baidoo has challenged a declare by the Food and Medication Authority that regional masks can safeguard clinicians from the Covid-19 pandemic.
In accordance to the wellness specialist, right after several researches, there has been no demonstrate that the reported masks can safeguard health employees who interact instantly with Covid-19 individuals from contracting the virus.
“There’s been several investigate done that cloth masks do not guard a person from both micro organism or viral infection.
“And without a doubt even the African Middle for Sickness Management and Prevention designed their personal tips and their recommendation is that this fabric masks should really not be used by clinicians,’ he explained on Major Tale Friday.
The assert arrives after the Komfo Anokye Training Healthcare facility questioned the health care workforce to use fabric masks just after the GMA asked for to be supplied with components, such as the N95 experience masks to facilitate their work as properly as making certain their safety.
Dr. Kwasi Baidoo claims even though they respect the efforts of heads of overall health institutions in giving the essential materials to assist their get the job done, he stated the appropriate provisions should be manufactured.
The medical professional explained the area nose masks can be employed by other well being staff but can be harmful to persons who immediately interact with patients in the lab.
“Now the emphases is on clinicians not each and every worker in the hospitals. Non-medical workers (who normally are not in immediate get in touch with with people) have lower hazards of obtaining infected by the virus.
“Such workers can use the fabric nose masks but people today in the outpatient office, in the wards, taking care of sufferers, for each the evidence offered, speaks against the use of fabric masks in the scientific environment,” he said.
