We received the following message from Dr. Jennifer Kwan, a family physician, inviting health providers to add their signature to a petition calling on mandatory masks in Canada in three high-risk settings: all indoor spaces outside the home, crowds, and public transit. We support this request wholeheartedly and I already signed and urge you to do the same! And – as important – let’s start to personally abide by this call.

Today, we continue our focus on PPE and proper usage. We appreciate the following article and video prepared by Dr. Jeff Powis, chief of infection prevention and control at Michael Garron Hospital. I also want to comment on how impressed we are with his expertise, commitment and dedication to staff and patients wellbeing.   

Nurses and doctors in Médecins Sans Frontières have long experience fighting epidemics around the world. They are now sharing advice for Canadians preparing for one. There is no room for wishful thinking, they say. One must prepare for the worst-case scenario, while doing everything we can to avoid it. We must be mentally and organizationally prepared to deal with the conditions that are rocking Italy and Spain:

The questions regarding reprocessing of N95 masks continue so here is an update.