And that is striking, because according to the OMT, the use of mouth masks in nursing homes, institutions for geriatric psychiatry and geriatric departments within care for the disabled is important.
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Elderly care
The OMT is slowly returning to its position on masks in elderly care. For six months it said it was not necessary to wear a mouth mask as a precaution when caring for the elderly. That was even undesirable because of the scarcity. Nursing and home care personnel only had to wear protective clothing if an actual corona infection was also established.
The OMT has changed its mind and believes that employees in certain sectors of long-term care should nevertheless wear preventative face masks ‘if the situation is worrisome’. According to the OMT, there is ‘a worrying situation’ when there are 50 to 150 corona infections per 100,000 inhabitants per week.
Wearing face masks is to prevent healthcare workers from taking the virus inside unnoticed and infecting the elderly.
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