Originally Posted by
CLE to IAH
false equivalency.
The purpose of face masks in the OR is both to prevent the passage of germs from the staffs noses and mouths into the patient's wound and to protect the surgeons mouth and nose from sprays and splashes from the patient. That could be anything. Even food particles from scarfing down lunch or in the case of one particular surgeon I used to work with..... chewing tobacco.
Face masks are also thought to make wound infections after surgery less likely.
surgical masks are not sterile and not incorporated into the sterile field.
That can’t be true. I’ve been told on APC that face masks do nothing. Are you saying they only work in the confines of an OR? 😁
Also, my wife wonders if you’ve informed her hospital about not wearing surgical masks during sterile surgeries. Because they haven’t told her that yet.