Advantages and disadvantages of maintaining the mandatory use of masks in health centers and nursing homes in Spain. How and when is it justified to maintain it?

被引：1

作者：

Martinez-Selles, Manuel ^{[1
]}

Martin Sanchez, Francisco Javier ^{[2
]}

Moreno Guillen, Santiago ^{[3
]}

Rodriguez-Artalejo, Fernando ^{[4
]}

Ruiz-Galiana, Julian ^{[5
]}

Canton, Rafael ^{[6
,7
]}

De Lucas Ramos, Pilar ^{[8
]}

Garcia-Botella, Alejandra ^{[9
]}

Garcia-Lledo, Alberto ^{[10
]}

Hernandez-Sampelayo, Teresa ^{[11
]}

Gomez-Pavon, Javier ^{[12
]}

Gonzalez del Castillo, Juan ^{[13
]}

Martin-Delgado, Mari Cruz ^{[14
]}

Molero Garcia, Jose Maria

Santiago, Begona ^{[15
]}

Antonio Caminero, Jose ^{[16
]}

Barros, Carlos ^{[17
]}

Garcia de Viedma, Dario ^{[18
]}

Martin, Carlos ^{[19
]}

Bouza, Emilio ^{[20
]}

机构：

[1] European Univ, Cardiol Serv, Gregorio Maranon Gen Univ Hosp, Madrid, Spain

[2] Univ Complutense Madrid, Emergency Serv, San Carlos Univ Clin Hosp, Madrid, Spain

[3] Univ Alcala de Henares, Infect Dis Serv, Ramon y Cajal Hosp, Madrid, Spain

[4] Autonomous Univ, Dept Publ Hlth, Madrid, Spain

[5] Ruber Int Hosp, Internal Med Serv, Madrid, Spain

[6] Ramon & Cajal Hosp, Microbiol Serv, Madrid, Spain

[7] Ramon & Cajal Inst Hlth Res IRYCIS, Spanish Network Res Infect Pathol REIPI, Madrid, Spain

[8] Univ Complutense Madrid, Pneumol Serv, Gregorio Maranon Gen Univ Hosp, Madrid, Spain

[9] Univ Complutense Madrid, Gen Surg Serv, San Carlos Univ Clin Hosp, Madrid, Spain

[10] Univ Alcala, Cardiol Serv, Prince Asturias Hosp, Madrid, Spain

[11] Univ Complutense Madrid, Gregorio Maranon Gen Univ Hosp, Pediat & ACES Serv, Madrid, Spain

[12] Alfonso X El Sabio Univ, Geriatr Serv, Cent Hosp Red Cross, Madrid, Spain

[13] Univ Complutense Madrid, San Carlos Univ Clin Hosp, Emergency Serv, Madrid, Spain

[14] Francisco Vitoria Univ, Intens Med Serv, Torrejon Univ Hosp, Madrid, Spain

[15] Gregorio Maranon Gen Univ Hosp, Pediat, Madrid, Spain

[16] Gen Hosp Gran Canaria, TB & Mycobacteria Unit, Serv Pneumol, Las Palmas Gran Canaria, Spain

[17] Mostoles Hosp, Internal Med Serv, Madrid, Spain

[18] Univ Complutense Madrid, CIBERES, Clin Microbiol & Infect Dis Serv, Gregorio Maranon Gen Univ Hosp,Cyber Resp Dis, Madrid, Spain

[19] Univ Zaragoza, Dept Microbiol Pediat Radiol & Publ Hlth, Sch Med IIS Aragon, CIBER Resp Dis ISCIII, Zaragoza, Spain

[20] Univ Complutense Madrid, Community Madrid, Clin Microbiol & Infect Dis Serv, Gregorio Maranon Gen Univ Hosp,CIBERES,Cyber Resp, Madrid, Spain

来源：

REVISTA ESPANOLA DE QUIMIOTERAPIA | 2023年 / 36卷 / 05期

关键词：

Masks; Health centers and nursing homes; Spain; SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; FACE MASKS; COVID-19; IMPACT;

D O I：

10.37201/req/070.2023

中图分类号：

Q93 [微生物学];

学科分类号：

071005 ; 100705 ;

摘要：

We address the advantages and disadvantages of maintaining the mandatory use of masks in health centers and nursing homes in the current epidemiological situation in Spain and after the declaration of the World Health Organization on May 5, 2023 of the end of COVID-19 as public health emergency. We advocate for prudence and flexibility, respecting the individual decision to wear a mask and emphasizing the need for its use when symptoms suggestive of a respiratory infection appear, in situations of special vulnerability (such as immunosuppression), or when caring for patients with those infections. At present, given the observed low risk of severe COVID-19 and the low transmission of other respiratory infections, we believe that it is disproportionate to maintain the mandatory use of masks in a general way in health centers and nursing homes. However, this could change depending on the results of epidemiological surveillance and it would be necessary to reconsider returning to the obligation in periods with a high incidence of respiratory infections.

引用

页码：466 / 469

页数：4

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[1] Positioning proposal on the recommendations for the use of masks in health centers after the cessation of the mandatory use in Spain
Valenti, Paula Gras
Paya, Jose Sanchez
Diaz, Juan Carlos Rodriguez
Soriano, Pere Llorens
Lucas, Esperanza Merino
Sanchez, Pablo Chico
REVISTA ESPANOLA DE SALUD PUBLICA, 2024, 98

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