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Experts say CDC not getting right advice on hospital infection prevention | CIDRAP

The proposed guidance is full of outright errors, she said, such as a slide that states surgical masks are as effective as respirators in preventing transmission of airborne diseases based on a review of 27 studies.

“What did we learn from COVID? It seems like nothing, according to HICPAC,” Brosseau said. HICPAC’s proposal does recommend healthcare workers use respirators, but only in the case of measles and tuberculosis.

“They recognize respirators are needed for some things, but not COVID,” Brosseau explained…

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