Maxair CAPR – incoming air is filtered – exhaust air out (by worker) is not filtered

 

Patricia Higazi  MSN RN COHN

Occupational Health Director

Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters

Norfolk, Virginia 23507

Tel: 757 668 7852

Fax: 757 668 8775

Remember, ‘Hands. Face. Space’:

·         hands: wash your hands regularly and for 20 seconds

·         face: wear a face covering

·         space: stay 6 feet apart from people you do not live with where possible,

 

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Most CAPR’s are filtered.  What brand are you using? 

 

 

Sherri Davidson, MSN, APRN-BC, COHN-S

Company Care at

Palms of Pasadena Hospital

1609 Pasadena Avenue South

Suite 4J

St. Petersburg, FL 33707

Phone: (727) 341-7514

Fax: (727) 341-7583

 

 

 

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Is anyone having staff wear a face mask under a CAPR?  The issue is air blown out is not filtered so the patient may not be protected?

 

Patricia Higazi  MSN RN COHN

Occupational Health Director

Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters

Norfolk, Virginia 23507

Tel: 757 668 7852

Fax: 757 668 8775

Remember, ‘Hands. Face. Space’:

·         hands: wash your hands regularly and for 20 seconds

·         face: wear a face covering

·         space: stay 6 feet apart from people you do not live with where possible,

 

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