Respirators help reduce the spread of airborne infections
See how masks reduce respiratory particles released into shared air, helping limit airborne transmission and protect both the wearer and people nearby.
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An interesting piece was published in the Morning Star on Long Covid Awareness Day (15/3/25).
The NHS national infection prevention and control guidance across the UK continues to say Covid spreads primarily through ‘droplet and touch’. This is out of line with what the World Health Organization (WHO) state which discuss airborne transmission. The paper concludes that this error is putting vulnerable patients and healthcare workers at unnecessary risks.
The article can be accessed by clicking here.
SHH-UK are working on a position statement relating to the amendments needed to infection prevention and control guidance in the UK. Watch this space!
