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2. Non-rebreather mask - Wikipedia

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   Non-rebreather mask covering a woman's nose and mouth. The non-rebreather mask covers both the nose and mouth of the patient and attaches with the use of an elastic cord around the patient's head. The NRB has an attached reservoir bag, typically one liter, that connects to an external oxygen tank or bulk oxygen supply system.

3. Surgical mask - Wikipedia

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   A surgical mask serves as a mechanical barrier that interferes with direct airflow in and out of respiratory orifices (i.e. nose and mouth).Most commonly used surgical masks are designed to only trap respiratory droplets, and therefore do not filter or block fine airborne particles that are smaller than the designed filtration ratings, which may be transmitted by coughs, sneezes, unintentional ...

4. Expected CDC guidance on N95 masks outrages health care ... - AOL

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   It recommended that health workers wear an N95 mask when treating patients infected by bugs in this category. Its third, highest tier of protection was reserved for pathogens like those causing ...

5. Breathing mask - Wikipedia

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   Non-rebreather mask, an oro-nasal mask used in medicine to assist in the delivery of oxygen therapy; Oxygen mask, which covers the mouth and nose of a patient undergoing oxygen therapy as first aid or longer-term treatment, or a passenger in an aircraft which has depressurised at altitude; Continuous positive airway pressure mask; Anesthetic mask

6. Transmission-based precautions - Wikipedia

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   Transmission-based precautions are infection-control precautions in health care, in addition to the so-called "standard precautions". They are the latest routine infection prevention and control practices applied for patients who are known or suspected to be infected or colonized with infectious agents, including certain epidemiologically important pathogens, which require additional control ...

7. Providence to again require masks in patient care areas - AOL

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   Dec. 4—Starting Tuesday, Dec. 5, Providence Swedish will require masks in all areas where patient care is administered. In a Monday announcement, the health care provider announced that due to a ...

8. 5 cancer types where screenings save the most lives - AOL

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   Breast cancer was the only type for which treatment advances prevented more deaths. Quitting smoking was found to be the most beneficial prevention strategy overall, credited for averting 3.45 ...

9. Protective isolation - Wikipedia

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   [2] [3] It is sometimes practiced in patients with severe burns and leukemia, or those undergoing chemotherapy. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] When reverse isolation is practiced in laminar air flow or high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA)-filtered rooms, there was an improvement in survival for patients receiving bone marrow or stem cell grafts.