The difference between a COVID mask and a smoke mask
Medical Environment Update, October 22, 2020
This is an excerpt from a member only article. To read the article in its entirety, please login or subscribe to Medical Environment Update.
by Brian Ward
Because of the coronavirus pandemic, face masks have become ubiquitous (though occasionally controversial) in 2020—from N95 respirators to homemade masks made from bandanas and t-shirts. During the height of the wildfires on the West Coast this summer many agencies told residents to wear masks for another reason: smoke particles.
This is an excerpt from a member only article. To read the article in its entirety, please login or subscribe to Medical Environment Update.
Related Products
-
Physician Practice Perspective
Physician Practice Perspective subscribers can find the archive of issues on the Part B News website. Find more information...
-
Medical Environment Update
A subscription to Medical Environment Update pays for itself by saving you time sorting through complex regulations and...
-
HealthLeaders Media Physician Leaders
HealthLeaders Media Physician Leaders offers commentaries that focus on the hottest issues for doctors as well as concise...
-
Medical Environment Update - Electronic and Print, 1 year
A subscription to Medical Environment Update pays for itself by saving you time sorting through complex regulations and...
-
Medical Environment Update - Electronic, 1 year
A subscription to Medical Environment Update pays for itself by saving you time sorting through complex regulations and...
Most Popular
- Articles
-
- Don't forget the three checks in medication administration
- Nursing responsibilities for managing pain
- Complications from immobility by body system
- Q&A: Primary, principal, and secondary diagnoses
- Note similarities and differences between HCPCS, CPT® codes
- The consequences of an incomplete medical record
- Practice the six rights of medication administration
- Neurological checks for head injuries
- Skills of effective case managers
- Prevent dehydration with nursing interventions
- E-mailed
- Searched