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Surgical masks provide best protection against SARS: study.
(From Agence France Presse)
Surgical-quality face masks, but not paper ones, offer the best protection against the SARS virus, according to a study published on Saturday in The Lancet, the British medical weekly.
Doctors at Queen Mary Hospital in Hong Kong, one of the epicentres for the SARS scare, looked at the precautions taken by 254 colleagues who had been exposed to 11 people infected with the pneumonia-like disease.
The participants were quizzed closely as to whether they had followed recommendations to wear a mask, gloves and gown and scrupulously wash their hands when caring for SARS patients.
Of the 241 staff members who were uninfected, 69 had obeyed all four recommendations.
The 13 infected staff had omitted at least one measure, but there was a common denominator: they had not worn a surgical mask.
The findings add significantly to evidence that ...
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