Covid-19: Collected reusable masks provided to hospitals of Évora and Beja.
Reusable surgical masks given to professionals from hospitals in Évora and Beja fighting the pandemic Covid-19 will be collected and returned to the supplier, He revealed the Union of Portuguese Nurses (SEP).
“We were surprised yesterday [Monday] the Regional Health Administration (ARS) do Alentejo, who sent us a letter saying that he had given orders for the removal of that equipment”, said Edgar Santos, leader in Alentejo SEP, in statements to Lusa.
Last week, SEP had expressed doubts about the suitability of reusable surgical masks, having sent requests for urgent information to the ARS Alentejo and the Hospital of the boards of directors of the Holy Spirit of Évora and the Local Unit of Health of Alentejo, which manages the hospital Beja.
Today, the union welcomed the collection of masks by the authorities, but stressed that the SEP will “be careful to check the orientation of the ARS Alentejo is being accomplished on the ground”, why “not just put in office”.
In ARS Craft, published by syndicated, You can read it “due to the controversy generated around the masks and because it was never in doubt the protection of professional”, ARS Alentejo contacted the supplier, which reported that the masks “They should be collected and returned”.
The ARS Alentejo indicated in the document that “has never been mandatory for any professional use of this type of medical device There are always alternative” and that “have always been used in accordance with standard 07-DGS and guaranteed conditions for reprocessing, defined by the manufacturer”.
