News tagged with surgical masks
Mexicans put faith in masks -- but do they work?
(AP) -- The cloth patches in green, blue and white are everywhere, clamped tight over the mouth and nose of teachers, toddlers, policemen and drunks. Even the statue at the church of St. Jude, patron of lost ...
Apr 28, 2009 |
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Cholera stalks West Africa as rains spread disease
(AP) -- Patients jammed rudimentary clinics and health workers in surgical masks sprayed anti-bacterial solution on muddy paths as the government struggled to contain a cholera epidemic that has killed nearly ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 10, 2010 |
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Study finds surgical masks provided effective protection of health-care workers against H1N1
The effectiveness of ordinary surgical masks as opposed to respirators in protecting health care workers against the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus has been the subject of debate. An observational study published in the April ...
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Mar 25, 2010 |
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U.S. faces widening information gap on nanotechnology
(PhysOrg.com) -- As the global nanotechnology industry continues to produce cutting-edge consumer products, the scientific community is leaving a key part of the U.S. public behind when sharing knowledge of this new field ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jan 12, 2010 |
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Surgical masks vs. N95 respirators for preventing influenza among health care workers
Surgical masks appear to be no worse than, and nearly as effective as N95 respirators in preventing influenza in health care workers, according to a study released early online today by JAMA. The study was posted online ...
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Oct 01, 2009 |
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Mexico City ends swine flu alert, no cases in week
(AP) -- Mexico City lowered its swine flu alert level from yellow to green on Thursday, and the mayor said "we can relax" now that there have been no new infections for a week.
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May 22, 2009 |
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Mexican students return to class
(AP) -- Millions of children, many wearing surgical masks, returned to scrubbed and disinfected classrooms Monday after a nationwide shutdown to curb the spread of swine flu in Mexico. The worldwide toll ...
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May 11, 2009 |
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Mexico gets some bustle back after flu shutdown
(AP) -- Traffic is picking up again, cafes are reopening and cleanup crews are getting universities ready to resume classes. Mexico City has some of its customary bustle back, and the president promises life ...
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May 05, 2009 |
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CDC advice for those with flulike symptoms
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is offering advice to people wondering what to do if a family member takes ill with flulike symptoms. Some of the more important points:
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 01, 2009 |
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Up to 45 swine flu cases connected to NYC school
(AP) -- City officials announced a rising toll of the largest cluster of swine flu cases in the nation Monday as anxious New Yorkers rushed to drug stores to buy face masks in response to a global health ...
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Apr 28, 2009 |
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Fear, anger and fatalism over swine flu in Mexico
(AP) -- The schools and museums are closed. Sold-out games between Mexico's most popular soccer teams are being played in empty stadiums. Health workers are ordering sickly passengers off subways and buses. ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 25, 2009 |
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Hajj devil stoning ritual biggest swine flu risk
(AP) -- Millions of Muslim pilgrims, many wearing surgical masks, jostled together shoulder-to-shoulder furiously casting pebbles at stone walls representing the devil Saturday - the hajj ritual of highest ...
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Nov 28, 2009 |
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Prevention experts urge modification to 2009 H1N1 guidance for health care workers
Three leading scientific organizations specializing in infectious diseases prevention issued a letter to President Obama today expressing their significant concern with current federal guidance concerning the use of personal ...
Nov 06, 2009 |
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Mask on? Mask off? In United States, use of face masks against flu not widespread
Americans have not developed a modern face-mask culture. Just ask those who have walked through an airport wearing a mask since swine flu first appeared. They likely will tell you about stares and whispers.
Sep 18, 2009 |
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Officials, public urged to use latest evidence as guide in H1N1 prevention and protection
As flu season draws nearer along with the potential for resurgence in H1N1, leading infectious diseases doctors, hospital epidemiologists, and infection preventionists urge officials to base recommendations for the public ...
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Aug 12, 2009 |
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Surgical mask
A surgical mask is intended to be worn by health professionals during surgery and at other times to catch the bacteria shed in liquid droplets and aerosols from the wearer's mouth and nose.
Outside health care facilities, simple, inexpensive masks of similar appearance are commonly worn in heavily populated centres in East Asia to help prevent spreading the common cold. In Japan, it is common to wear a face mask while sick to avoid infecting others in public settings.
Surgical masks were widely used in China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, and Toronto, Canada during outbreaks of the SARS virus, during the 2007 avian bird flu pandemic in Japan, and more recently in the United States and Mexico City during the 2009 H1N1 flu outbreak, also known as the swine flu.
Modern surgical masks are made from paper or other non-woven material, and should be discarded after each use.
For more information about Surgical mask, read the full article at
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