[MCOH-EH] Beard Wraps

[Charles Hackett]

I don’t have a photo.
It’s a wrap over a beard that allows a seal for a fit test.
Our IC director is supportive. I can find nothing in osha or niosh that
addresses as an alternative say for someone who has a beard for religious
reasons is patient facing and it is determined to be unsafe using a papr.


On Fri, Jan 21, 2022 at 3:50 PM Tara Dockery <
tdockery at oceanbeachhospital.com> wrote:

> I am not sure what a beard wrap is.  Can you take a picture and send it
> out to the group?
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> We had one employee that wears the long beard style, and someone
> questioned it for his masking. He somehow gets it so that every hair is
> contained inside his mask and wears it all day long like that…
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> They allowed it.. He works in Maintenance so is not in patient care areas
> the entire day long
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> Would like to know what the beard wrap is, though.
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> Tara
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> *Tara Lee Dockery, IP, MT(ASCP), BS *| *Infection Preventionist and
> Employee Health*
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> Ocean Beach Hospital and Medical Clinics
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> *From:* MCOH-EH [mailto:mcoh-eh-bounces at mylist.net] *On Behalf Of *Charles
> Hackett
> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 19, 2022 1:13 PM
> *To:* MCOH/EH <mcoh-eh at mylist.net>
> *Subject:* [MCOH-EH] Beard Wraps
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> Who does fit testing at your organization?
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> How are you managing beards in the time of Covid?
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> Our infectious control  team is a fan of beard wraps. Do you accept them
> as part of your fit test protocol?
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> As always
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> Thank you
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> Charlie
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> * Charles D Hackett, MD, MPH*
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> Medical Director, Employee and Occupational Health, Lifespan
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> Chief Community and Family Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital
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> Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, Brown University
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