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Question: Why do surgeons wear masks?

Question: Why do surgeons wear masks?

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@wajoma said
Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.

https://pubs.asahq.org/anesthesiology/article/113/6/1447/9572/Is-Routine-Use-of-a-Face-Mask-Necessary-in-the

"Our decision to no longer require routine surgical masks for personnel not scrubbed for surgery is a departure from common practice. But the evidence to support this practice does not exist, and studies to establish differences in in ...[text shortened]... t face masks will likely be difficult to design and implement given the small potential effect".
Stealing my “oh dear oh dear..” now as well, are you?

You complete cesspit of unoriginality.


As for the rest of your post: MORON!

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Who has had mask training from NZ Fire Service and US OHSA

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@wajoma said
Who has had mask training from NZ Fire Service and US OHSA
Moron

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@wajoma said
Who has had mask training from NZ Fire Service and US OHSA
Whoever they are they’ll be able to tell the difference between smoke and viral particulates I expect 🙄

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@wajoma said
Who has had mask training from NZ Fire Service and US OHSA
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Much worse - irrespirable environments.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/14/health/cloth-masks-covid-cdc.html

https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/not-even-n95-masks-work-stop-covid

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@wajoma said
Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.

https://pubs.asahq.org/anesthesiology/article/113/6/1447/9572/Is-Routine-Use-of-a-Face-Mask-Necessary-in-the

"Our decision to no longer require routine surgical masks for personnel not scrubbed for surgery is a departure from common practice. But the evidence to support this practice does not exist, and studies to establish differences in in ...[text shortened]... t face masks will likely be difficult to design and implement given the small potential effect".
" Surgeons, their assistants, and scrub nurses are still required to wear masks."

Your article actually answers the question in the title of the thread:

"WHEN introduced a century ago, the purpose of the surgical facemask was to provide protection for the patient from surgical wound infections. "

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@no1marauder said
" Surgeons, their assistants, and scrub nurses are still required to wear masks."

Your article actually answers the question in the title of the thread:

"WHEN introduced a century ago, the purpose of the surgical facemask was to provide protection for the patient from surgical wound infections. "
Yes, and how many people are walking around with gaping surgical wounds?

divegeester thought he'd made a great medical break through after watching M.A.S.H or House or something on tv.

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I'm not a delux thicko but you obviously are, you wore a stupid rag on your face so everyone could see you were a delux thicko, and now you've gone into acrobatics trying to draw an impossible parallel between what surgeons do, how they do it and why so that we can be in no doubt you're a dulux thicko.

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@wajoma said
I'm not a delux thicko but you obviously are, you wore a stupid rag on your face so everyone could see you were a delux thicko, and now you've gone into acrobatics trying to draw an impossible parallel between what surgeons do, how they do it and why so that we can be in no doubt you're a dulux thicko.
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