The role respirators and masks play in the continuum of protections against the COVID-19 virus is the subject of the next webinar in the WHSC Confronting COVID-19 series. 
 
The primary route of transmission for the COVID-19 is by respiratory droplets generated when an infected person coughs or sneezes. These droplets can generally travel up to two metres. A growing body of evidence also suggests these same infected individuals can generate smaller particles that can be suspended in air for hours, travel over greater distances and even build up in work and living spaces without adequate ventilation. The Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions offers a valuable web page summarizing the latest research on COVID-19 and its routes of transmission.
 
Though respirators and masks are not a replacement for social distancing, hand hygiene and cleaning and disinfecting and enhanced ventilation they are an essential part of many workplace COVID-19 prevention programs.    
 
This webinar explores the selection, safe use, care and limitations of a range of respirators and masks. Special attention is paid to the critical role for N95 respirators in care settings, where workers are attending to those with suspected, presumed or confirmed cases of COVID-19 (and those who clean and disinfect in these same settings). Also up for discussion is the ongoing safety issue faced by workers in many sectors, who after exhausting all other protection measures, still need access to respiratory protection.
 
Webinar viewers may also want to download and share the PowerPoint that supports this webinar.

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