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ALL hospital staff HAVE to wear masks ALL DAY. Making my wife sick
Posted on 7/13/20 at 1:38 pm
Posted on 7/13/20 at 1:38 pm
She works as a buyer in the basement, by the morgue. She is getting dizzy like she is hyperventilating 
Any lawyers around? If she refuses and loses her job, what recourse might she have?
Thanks in advance!
Any lawyers around? If she refuses and loses her job, what recourse might she have?
Thanks in advance!
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Posted on 7/13/20 at 1:39 pm to LookSquirrel
In before....Just shutup and wear the mask!!!!
Posted on 7/13/20 at 1:40 pm to LookSquirrel
Just pull it up over her mouth when no one is looking.
Posted on 7/13/20 at 1:42 pm to LookSquirrel
Ask the hospital for an oxygen tank.
Posted on 7/13/20 at 1:43 pm to LookSquirrel
There’s no reason for her to not be able to breathe if she’s wearing it properly
This post was edited on 7/13/20 at 1:46 pm
Posted on 7/13/20 at 1:45 pm to LookSquirrel
She has no recourse. She's not fricking special so tell her to stop acting like it.
The biggest employee outbreak we had wasn't from clinical staff that treat patients. It was from the billing department located in the basement that thought because they weren't in a clinical setting they didn't need masks or distancing. They all ended up sick with two of them in the hospital.
The biggest employee outbreak we had wasn't from clinical staff that treat patients. It was from the billing department located in the basement that thought because they weren't in a clinical setting they didn't need masks or distancing. They all ended up sick with two of them in the hospital.
This post was edited on 7/13/20 at 1:46 pm
Posted on 7/13/20 at 1:57 pm to LookSquirrel
Unless she has bad asthma or COPD she isn’t being affected physically by the mask. She may be working herself up emotionally to the point of hyperventilating but the mask isn’t causing her to not be able to breathe.
Posted on 7/13/20 at 1:58 pm to bamarep
My professional life as an "Industrial Hygienist" gives me some insight here and I am telling you, in my professional opinion, this is more than your usual "griping staff". Bodily fluids from just breathing, accumulate on the inside of the mask, making it less porous. That in turn keeps more CO2 present for re-breathing and that ain't good. It also becomes a breeding ground for other "gradoule'. There ARE ways to mitigate this, administratively BUT, trust me, not a good idea, day after day.
Posted on 7/13/20 at 1:59 pm to LookSquirrel
My wife went to her doctor three weeks ago and was asked to wear a mask. When they took her blood pressure after wearing the mask it was high. Then they suggested she take the mask off and wait a few minutes and when she took her blood pressure had dropped 30 points.
Posted on 7/13/20 at 1:59 pm to bamarep
quote:
She has no recourse. She's not fricking special so tell her to stop acting like it.
And there it is
Posted on 7/13/20 at 2:00 pm to Folsom
#GETGORDON!!!
A member of the Mckernan Family will be reaching out to you shortly
A member of the Mckernan Family will be reaching out to you shortly
Posted on 7/13/20 at 2:01 pm to Wiseguy
She has asthma and is not the type to complain about anything. The mask does not keep her from breathing, but it does poison the air she breathes over time.
Posted on 7/13/20 at 2:01 pm to LookSquirrel
She may be getting too hot, especially if she’s moving around
Could she get a small fan for her desk / office?
ETA
Is a specific type of mask required?
She can maybe try different fabrics
Supposedly there are some made from swimsuit material that are breathable
Could she get a small fan for her desk / office?
ETA
Is a specific type of mask required?
She can maybe try different fabrics
Supposedly there are some made from swimsuit material that are breathable
This post was edited on 7/13/20 at 2:05 pm
Posted on 7/13/20 at 2:02 pm to LookSquirrel
What kind of mask is she wearing?
Posted on 7/13/20 at 2:03 pm to LSU316
Yea, but not really all that funny, (IMHO).
Posted on 7/13/20 at 2:04 pm to Wiseguy
The pretty little cloth things the ladies sell outside. She has dozens of them.
This post was edited on 7/13/20 at 2:06 pm
Posted on 7/13/20 at 2:05 pm to LSUJML
She works at a workstation in a cubicle. The hospital never took ergonomics serious either.
Posted on 7/13/20 at 2:08 pm to LSUJML
I thank you for a sincere and thoughtful response. But, any handmade mask made from a dirty tee shirt will do. When this all started, I made a joke about what would "The Duke" do. Meaning bandanas. Hell, I was kidding, then.
Posted on 7/13/20 at 2:16 pm to LookSquirrel
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Bodily fluids from just breathing, accumulate on the inside of the mask, making it less porous. T
Or they could just wash and reuse their mask on a daily basis like most people do. I respect your opinion as a fellow safety person but infection prevention is pretty much making the calls here and masking while on campus is the call at EVERY hospital in the country.
Posted on 7/13/20 at 2:17 pm to LookSquirrel
I also work in a hospital and wear a mask all day. Either a cloth mask or N95 if I am on a Covid unit. I have worn both types as well as procedure/surgical paper masks for 8-10 hours at a time and have not had issues with getting enough oxygen. They are uncomfortable, for sure but I have not seen a single person have any difficulty with breathing from a mask. Has she tried a procedure mask?
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