COVID-19 Technical Brief: Masking and Face Shields for Full Duration of Shifts in Acute Healthcare Settings | NLM

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COVID-19 Technical Brief: Masking and Face Shields for Full Duration of Shifts in Acute Healthcare Settings

04/15/2020 12:00 AM EDT

Source: Government of Canada. Published: 4/15/2020. This web page details the potential benefit of healthcare workers wearing a mask for the full duration of their shift to prevent transmission of unrecognized COVID-19 infection to their patients or other healthcare workers (i.e., for use primarily as source control). (Text)