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Wearing of Face Masks by Healthcare Workers During COVID-19 Lockdown: What Did the Public Observe Through the French Media?

Overview
Journal J Hosp Infect
Specialties Health Services
Infectious Diseases
Date 2020 Aug 18
PMID 32798641
Citations 7
Authors
J Picard
G Cornec
R Baron
P Saliou
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Abstract

Wearing a face mask is a major issue in the fight against the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The French general population widely started to wear this personal protective equipment usually dedicated to healthcare workers, without being educated to its correct use. People base their behaviour on what they see in the media. However, we observed that mask wearing of healthcare workers published in the media during the pandemic only conformed to good practice guidelines in 70.8% of the photographs collected on some of the main French information websites. Health authorities should communicate widely regarding the good practices for mask wearing in the general population.

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