Best Use of Personal Protective Equipment
Written by Paul Graif on 7 May 2020
KMHC Manager of Outpatient Care Dawn Montour-Lazare with a demonstration on the Kahnawake 911 live update on Facebook on Thursday on how best to prevent the spread of Covid-19 and the proper use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
“If you are using cloth masks, they need to be washed all the time,” Montour-Lazare said. “When you are done you should deposit them directly in to the washing machine. Don’t touch your face. Don’t touch the mask, because you have now contaminated your hands again. Do not alter the mask in any way. Do not pull it down to talk. Surgeons wear it on their face during 8 to 12 hours of surgery. When you are done with the material mask then drop it straight into the garbage.”
She said that one of the one of the reasons you wear the mask is that if you have the virus it prevents you from spreading it to others.
Montour-Lazare also spoke about the usefulness of wearing gloves.
“People are wearing gloves everywhere,” she said. “We at the hospital use them when procedures are very dirty. Gloves are great for cleaning toilets and washing dishes. When we are done they go right into the garbage. In this context I don’t wear gloves. They provide a false sense of security. It’s a respiratory virus. When you have gloves on you don’t wash your hands as often.”
Commissioner of Public Safety Lloyd Phillips said the Task Force is keeping a close eye on the happenings around Montreal. The City and surrounding areas have had their re-openings of schools and businesses pushed back another week until May 25th at the earliest.
