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Considerations for the use of face masks in the community in the context of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant of concern

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control ECDC (2022) CC

Wearing a face mask can help reduce the spread of COVID-19 in the community by reducing the release of respiratory droplets from asymptomatic / pre-symptomatic individuals or those with mild non-specific symptoms. The use of face masks for this purpose may be adopted to reduce the societal impact associated with absence from work or healthcare pressures due to infection, or to protect vulnerable individuals in particular settings

Tags: face mask, community, Prevention, ipc, omicron, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19,

Source: https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/sites/default

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

This second edition of the Infection prevention and control in the context of coronavirus disease (COVID-19): A living guideline provides the most up to date technical guidance on mask use in community settings in the context of COVID-19. In this edition, new information includes updated mask recommendations for children in community settings including updated age specific recommendations, statements for children with disabilities and those at high risk for complications related to COVID-19 infection. Updated implementation considerations for mask use in school settings are also included. This living guideline is being published using the MAGICApp online publishing platform https://app.magicapp.org/#/guideline/Lr2a8L , as well as in PDF copy on the WHO website

Tags: ipc, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), when and how to use masks, masks, non-pharmaceutical interventions NPI, Community Settings, COVID-19,

Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstream

A position statement and practical guide to the use of particulate filtering facepiece respirators (N95, FFP2, or equivalent) for South African health workers exposed to respiratory pathogens includin

Dheda, K.; et al. (2022) CC

Afr J Thoracic Crit Care Med 2021;27(4):Published online 22 October 2021. https://doi.org/10.7196/AJTCCM.2021.v27i4.173

Tags: masks, FFP2, community masks, N95, evaluation, effectiveness, South Africa, Health Workers, Respiratory Infections, COVID-19, TB,

Source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/article

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

22 April 2022, This document provides updated interim recommendations on the use of masks by health workers providing care to patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19. This update is prompted by new evidence around mask use and COVID-19 transmission, as well as the emergence of variants of concern including Omicron. Masks continue to be a critical tool to prevent the spread of COVID-19. These interim guidelines supersede the recommendations provided in the WHO recommendations on mask use by health workers, in light of the Omicron variant of concern published on 22 December 2022. WHO continually evaluates the emerging evidence and will review these interim recommendations within two months and issue new guidance as needed

Tags: ipc, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), masks, health care settings, COVID-19,

Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstream

World Health Organization (WHO) (2021) C_WHO

Annex. This document is an update of a guidance published on 12 July 2021, after the review of new scientific evidence on transmission of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOC). It contains updated recommendations on the use of masks and respirators for health workers providing care to suspected or confirmed COVID-19

Tags: COVID-19, Vaccination, Health Workers, healthcare service, virus variants, ipc, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), masks, respirators,

Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstream

When You’ve Been Fully Vaccinated. How to Protect Yourself and Others

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2021) C_CDC

19 August 2021

Tags: non-pharmaceutical interventions NPI, masks, transmission, COVID-19, fully vaccinated, infection control,

Source: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nco

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2021) C_WHO

Aide Memoire. O foco desta nota são as implicações da orientação atual da OMS sobre o uso máscaras cirúrgicas e não cirúrgicas/ de tecido durante a pandemia de COVID-19 para trabalhadores da saúde e trabalhadores que não são da área da saúde, mas que estão envolvidos em atividades assistenciais comunitárias, especialmente as de combate à malária, doenças tropicais negligenciadas (DTN), tuberculose (TB), infecção pelo vírus da imunodeficiência humana/síndrome da imunodeficiência adquirida (HIV/ AIDS) e doenças imunopreveníveis (VPDs). O uso de máscaras deve ser sempre acompanhado de outras medidas de prevenção e controle de infecção (PCI), como o distanciamento físico de pelo menos 1 metro, a higiene das mãos, evitar tocar o rosto e a etiqueta respiratória usando o cotovelo dobrado sempre que tossir ou espirrar. A limitação da permanência em locais com aglomeração ou espaços fechados, a garantia da ventilação adequada dos ambientes internos e fechados (6), e a limpeza regular das superfícies de alto contato também são medidas de precaução importantes a serem seguidas

Tags: infecções, COVID-19, máscaras, non-pharmaceutical interventions NPI, Serviços de Saúde Comunitária, trabajadores de la salud,

Source: https://iris.paho.org/bitstream/handle/1

Organización Mundial de la Salud OMS (2021) C_WHO

sobre la base de las orientaciones actuales de la OMS, 31 de mayo de 2021. Memorando This aide-mémoire presents information on use and procurement of masks for community outreach interventions, with a focus on those for malaria, neglected tropical diseases, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and vaccine-preventable diseases. It details requirements for the different types of professionals involved (e.g. health workers, social mobilizers, data collectors, logisticians, insecticide spraying personnel, etc.), based on their level of risk of potential exposure to SARS-CoV-2

Tags: face mask, community level, COVID-19, community masks, medical masks, SARS-CoV-2, non-pharmaceutical interventions NPI,

Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/hand

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

sur la base des orientations actuelles de l’OMS, 31 may 2021. Aide mémoire This aide-mémoire presents information on use and procurement of masks for community outreach interventions, with a focus on those for malaria, neglected tropical diseases, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and vaccine-preventable diseases. It details requirements for the different types of professionals involved (e.g. health workers, social mobilizers, data collectors, logisticians, insecticide spraying personnel, etc.), based on their level of risk of potential exposure to SARS-CoV-2

Tags: face mask, community level, COVID-19, community masks, medical masks, SARS-CoV-2, non-pharmaceutical interventions NPI,

Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/hand

Interim Public Health Recommendations for Fully Vaccinated People

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2021) C_CDC

19 August 2021

Tags: non-pharmaceutical interventions NPI, masks, transmission, COVID-19, fully vaccinated, infection control,

Source: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nco

	Considerations for the use of face masks in the community in the context of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant of concern European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control ECDC (2022) CC View PDF(6) Download (7) Add to my MEDBOX Wearing a face mask can help reduce the spread of COVID-19 in the community by reducing the release of respiratory droplets from asymptomatic / pre-symptomatic individuals or those with mild non-specific symptoms. The use of face masks for this purpose may be adopted to reduce the societal impact associated with absence from work or healthcare pressures due to infection, or to protect vulnerable individuals in particular settings Tags: face mask, community, Prevention, ipc, omicron, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, Source: https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/sites/default
	Infection prevention and control in the context of coronavirus disease (COVID-19): A living guideline World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO View PDF(21) Download (29) Add to my MEDBOX This second edition of the Infection prevention and control in the context of coronavirus disease (COVID-19): A living guideline provides the most up to date technical guidance on mask use in community settings in the context of COVID-19. In this edition, new information includes updated mask recommendations for children in community settings including updated age specific recommendations, statements for children with disabilities and those at high risk for complications related to COVID-19 infection. Updated implementation considerations for mask use in school settings are also included. This living guideline is being published using the MAGICApp online publishing platform https://app.magicapp.org/#/guideline/Lr2a8L , as well as in PDF copy on the WHO website Tags: ipc, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), when and how to use masks, masks, non-pharmaceutical interventions NPI, Community Settings, COVID-19, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstream
	A position statement and practical guide to the use of particulate filtering facepiece respirators (N95, FFP2, or equivalent) for South African health workers exposed to respiratory pathogens includin Dheda, K.; et al. (2022) CC View PDF(14) Download (14) Add to my MEDBOX Afr J Thoracic Crit Care Med 2021;27(4):Published online 22 October 2021. https://doi.org/10.7196/AJTCCM.2021.v27i4.173 Tags: masks, FFP2, community masks, N95, evaluation, effectiveness, South Africa, Health Workers, Respiratory Infections, COVID-19, TB, Source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/article
	Infection prevention and control in the context of coronavirus disease (‎COVID-19)‎: a living guideline, 25 April 2022: updated chapter: mask use, part 1: health care settings World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO View PDF(9) Download (9) Add to my MEDBOX 22 April 2022, This document provides updated interim recommendations on the use of masks by health workers providing care to patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19. This update is prompted by new evidence around mask use and COVID-19 transmission, as well as the emergence of variants of concern including Omicron. Masks continue to be a critical tool to prevent the spread of COVID-19. These interim guidelines supersede the recommendations provided in the WHO recommendations on mask use by health workers, in light of the Omicron variant of concern published on 22 December 2022. WHO continually evaluates the emerging evidence and will review these interim recommendations within two months and issue new guidance as needed Tags: ipc, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), masks, health care settings, COVID-19, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstream
	Infection prevention and control during health care when coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is suspected or confirmed World Health Organization (WHO) (2021) C_WHO View PDF(53) Download (66) Add to my MEDBOX Annex. This document is an update of a guidance published on 12 July 2021, after the review of new scientific evidence on transmission of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOC). It contains updated recommendations on the use of masks and respirators for health workers providing care to suspected or confirmed COVID-19 Tags: COVID-19, Vaccination, Health Workers, healthcare service, virus variants, ipc, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), masks, respirators, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstream
	When You’ve Been Fully Vaccinated. How to Protect Yourself and Others Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2021) C_CDC Open external link (253) Add to my MEDBOX 19 August 2021 Tags: non-pharmaceutical interventions NPI, masks, transmission, COVID-19, fully vaccinated, infection control, Source: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nco
	Uso de máscaras cirúrgicas e não cirúrgicas/de tecido nas atividades assistenciais à comunidade durante a pandemia de COVID-19, de acordo com as orientações atuais da OMS, 31 de maio de Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2021) C_WHO View PDF(17) Download (15) Add to my MEDBOX Aide Memoire. O foco desta nota são as implicações da orientação atual da OMS sobre o uso máscaras cirúrgicas e não cirúrgicas/ de tecido durante a pandemia de COVID-19 para trabalhadores da saúde e trabalhadores que não são da área da saúde, mas que estão envolvidos em atividades assistenciais comunitárias, especialmente as de combate à malária, doenças tropicais negligenciadas (DTN), tuberculose (TB), infecção pelo vírus da imunodeficiência humana/síndrome da imunodeficiência adquirida (HIV/ AIDS) e doenças imunopreveníveis (VPDs). O uso de máscaras deve ser sempre acompanhado de outras medidas de prevenção e controle de infecção (PCI), como o distanciamento físico de pelo menos 1 metro, a higiene das mãos, evitar tocar o rosto e a etiqueta respiratória usando o cotovelo dobrado sempre que tossir ou espirrar. A limitação da permanência em locais com aglomeração ou espaços fechados, a garantia da ventilação adequada dos ambientes internos e fechados (6), e a limpeza regular das superfícies de alto contato também são medidas de precaução importantes a serem seguidas Tags: infecções, COVID-19, máscaras, non-pharmaceutical interventions NPI, Serviços de Saúde Comunitária, trabajadores de la salud, Source: https://iris.paho.org/bitstream/handle/1
	Uso de mascarillas médicas y no médicas/de tela para actividades comunitarias de salud durante la pandemia de COVID-19 Organización Mundial de la Salud OMS (2021) C_WHO View PDF(12) Download (15) Add to my MEDBOX sobre la base de las orientaciones actuales de la OMS, 31 de mayo de 2021. Memorando This aide-mémoire presents information on use and procurement of masks for community outreach interventions, with a focus on those for malaria, neglected tropical diseases, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and vaccine-preventable diseases. It details requirements for the different types of professionals involved (e.g. health workers, social mobilizers, data collectors, logisticians, insecticide spraying personnel, etc.), based on their level of risk of potential exposure to SARS-CoV-2 Tags: face mask, community level, COVID-19, community masks, medical masks, SARS-CoV-2, non-pharmaceutical interventions NPI, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/hand
	Utilisation des masques médicaux et non médicaux/en tissu dans le cadre des activités de santé à base communautaire pendant la pandémie de COVID-19 World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO View PDF(15) Download (16) Add to my MEDBOX sur la base des orientations actuelles de l’OMS, 31 may 2021. Aide mémoire This aide-mémoire presents information on use and procurement of masks for community outreach interventions, with a focus on those for malaria, neglected tropical diseases, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and vaccine-preventable diseases. It details requirements for the different types of professionals involved (e.g. health workers, social mobilizers, data collectors, logisticians, insecticide spraying personnel, etc.), based on their level of risk of potential exposure to SARS-CoV-2 Tags: face mask, community level, COVID-19, community masks, medical masks, SARS-CoV-2, non-pharmaceutical interventions NPI, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/hand
	Interim Public Health Recommendations for Fully Vaccinated People Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2021) C_CDC Open external link (201) Add to my MEDBOX 19 August 2021 Tags: non-pharmaceutical interventions NPI, masks, transmission, COVID-19, fully vaccinated, infection control, Source: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nco

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