Yu no bɔt dɛn tin ya we de protɛkt yu? (Personal Protective Equipment - PPE) Lɛ wi fɛn ɔut fɔ tru!

Imajin se we yu go na ɔspitul ɔ klinik, yu go dɔn si dɔktɔ ɔ nɔs we wɛr glɔv ɛn sɔntɛm mask na dɛn fes, nɔto so? Na dat pɔsin in yon protɛktiv ikwipmɛnt , ɔ PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) de fɔ. Dɛn tin ya nɔto jɔs klos ɔ fashɔn. Dɛn tin ya tan lɛk wi shild dɛn we de protɛkt yu ɛn di wɛlbɔdi wokman dɛn we de trit yu frɔm difrɛn denja dɛn, mɔ frɔm di sik dɛn we de skata. So, fɔ no wetin na dɛn kayn PPE ya ɛn aw fɔ yuz dɛn rili impɔtant fɔ yu, yu famili, ɛn ɔlman we de arawnd yu.

Wetin na PPE? Wetin mek i rili impɔtant?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, PPE kin bi ɛni klos ɔ ikwipmɛnt we go protɛkt yu frɔm difrɛn bad tin dɛn. PPE impɔtant mɔ na di wɛlbɔdi biznɛs. Bikɔs i nɔ jɔs de protɛkt di wan dɛn we de gi mɛrɛsin, bɔt i de protɛkt yu bak we de gɛt mɛrɛsin.

Tink bɔt am dis we. Bifo di dɔktɔ ɔ nɔs trit yu, i kin put mɛrɛsin pan ɔda pɔsin in wund. Dɔn dɛn nɔ go kam to yu we dɛn wɛr dɛn glɔv dɛn de we dɛn dɔn yuz, nɔto so? Dɛn go pul dɛn ol glɔv dɛn de, was ɔ ``sanitize'' dɛn an, dɔn dɛn go trit yu wit nyu, klin glɔv. Na dat na di impɔtant tin bɔt PPE. I de protɛkt una ɔl tu.

Dɔn bak, sɔm kayn PPE dɛn de we `fit` to di pɔsin we de yuz dɛn, ɔ we nid spɛshal trenin fɔ yuz. Lɛ wi luk naw us kayn PPE dɛn de yuz na dis mɛdikal fild.

Di kayn PPE dɛn we dɛn kin yuz na di mɛdikal fil

Bɔku kayn PPE de we dɛn kin yuz mɔ na di mɛdikal fild:

• Ikwipmɛnt fɔ protɛkt di fes ɛn di we aw pɔsin de blo
• Glɔv dɛn
• Klos we de kɔba ɛn protɛkt di bɔdi

Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt ɛni wan pan dɛn tin ya ditayli.

1. Ikwipmɛnt we de protɛkt di fes ɛn di we aw pɔsin de blo

Dis kategori gɛt mɔ dɛn tin ya:

• Fes mask: Dis na di simpul mask we de kɔba di nos ɛn mɔt. Dis na di mask dɛm wae dɛn kin yuse wae yu sik, lɛk wae yu gɛt flu ɔr wae dɔktɔ de gi yu fɔ chɛk yu ɔltɛm. Pan ɔl we dɛn kin tan lɛk ``Surgical mask'', dɛn nɔ kin gɛt di sem kwaliti ɔltɛm.
• Ɔspitul mask: Dɛn wan ya tan lɛk fes mask, bɔt dɛn kin gɛt difrɛn tik ɛn filta lɛvɛl. Dɛn fɔ mit strikt standad pas rɛgyula fes mask (fɔ ɛgzampul, na Amɛrika, di Food and Drug Administration (FDA) de sɛt dɛn standad ya. Di wɛlbɔdi ɔtoriti dɛn na wi kɔntri sɛt lɔ dɛn bak fɔ dis).
• Fɔ protɛkt di yay: Fes shild ɛn gɔgl de mek di yay protɛkt di bɔdi.
• Spɛshal respiratɔ dɛn (Filta fes-pies respiratɔ dɛn - FFR dɛn):dis dεm kin kam insay difrεn tכp dεm εn filtrεshכn lεvεl dεm. Fɔ ɛgzampul, N95 mask, ɔ batri-ɔpreshɔn ɛya-purifying respirators (PAPRs). Dɛn tin ya nid fɔ fit fayn fayn wan rawnd di fes, we de mek wan sil we nɔ de mek briz rawnd di nos ɛn mɔt. Sɔm dɛn gɛt intagreted ay shild.

2. Glɔv dɛn

Nɔto ɔl di glɔv dɛn we dɛn kin yuz fɔ mɛn pipul dɛn na di sem. Bɔku difrɛn kayn dɛn de, frɔm simpul ɛgzam glɔv dɛn we dɛn kin yuz fɔ ɛgzam ɔltɛm to stɛriyl ɔspitul glɔv dɛn. Dɔn bak, tik glɔv dɛn we dɛn kin yuz we dɛn de ol sɔm mɛrɛsin ɔ kemikal dɛn kin insay dis kategori.

3. Klos we de kɔba ɛn protɛkt di bɔdi

Dis inklud ɔltin frɔm di jenɛral skrab dɛn we dɔktɔ ɛn nɔs dɛn kin wɛr to ɔda spɛshal klos dɛn. Na sɔm pan di tin dɛn we dɛn kin kɔba we kin protɛkt pɔsin pas ɔl:

• Eprɔn: Dɛn kin yuz dɛn wan ya ɔ yu kin yuz am bak, ɛn aprɔn dɛn de we dɛn mek wit difrɛn tin dɛn fɔ fit difrɛn tɛm dɛn.
• Gɔwn: Difrɛn kayn gɔn dɛn de, lɛk `sɔjik gɔwn` ɛn `nɔ-sɔjik gɔwn`. Dɛn kin yuz dɛn tin ya na ɔspitul ɛn klinik dɛn.
• Kɔva: Dɛn tin ya kin kɔba mɔ ɛn protɛkt am pas aprɔn ɔ gɔn. Dɛn mek dɛn fɔ kɔba di wan ol bɔdi.
• Fut kɔva: Bɔku kayn dɛn de, frɔm di kɔva fɔ shuz we dɛn kin yuz wan tɛm nɔmɔ to but we kin protɛkt pɔsin frɔm wata ɔ kemikal.
• Di tin dɛn we dɛn kin kɔba di ed: Dɛn kin mek sɔm PPE divays dɛn fɔ kɔba di wan ol ed we tan lɛk big hud. Dɛn tin ya kin protɛkt di ed frɔm jem ɛn wata we de kɔmɔt na di bɔdi.

Wetin na di kayn tin dɛn we fɔ tek tɛm wit PPE?

Naw lɛ wi tɔk bɔt ustɛm ɛn us kayn PPE fɔ yuz. Di masta sabi pipul dɛn kin ɔganayz dɛn kayn PPE ya akɔdin to aw di sik kin pas (transmission-based precautions) . Dat min se, di kayn PPE we dɛn nid, na aw wan patikyula sik de skata.

I rili impɔtant fɔ mek di yus fɔ glɔv na standad pan ɔl di lɛvul dɛn fɔ tek tɛm. Dɔn bak, fɔ yuz fes mask ɛn ɔspitul mask na kɔmɔn tin, i kin dipen pan di tin we de apin.

Fo men kayn tin de fɔ tek tɛm wit, i go dipen pan aw di sik de pas:

• Blɔd we dɛn kin pul
• Transmishɔn bay kɔntakt
• Transmishכn bay rεspiretכri dכplεt dεm (Droplet) .
• Transmishɔn we de kɔmɔt na di ays

Lɛ wi luk dɛn wan ya wan bay wan.

1. Fɔ tek tɛm wit blɔd

Dɛn kin yuz dɛn tin ya bɔku bɔku wan pan bɔku mɛrɛsin. We dɛn kayn tin ya kin apin, di wan dɛn we de wok fɔ di wɛlbɔdi biznɛs kin rili yuz glɔv. Nɔto dat nɔmɔ, bɔt dɛn kin yuz ɔda tin dɛn bak dipen pan di tin we apin. Fɔ ɛgzampul:

• Maks
• Mask fɔ ay ɛn fes
• Di tin dɛn we dɛn kin yuz fɔ kɔba di bɔdi (lɛk aprɔn, gɔn) .
• Ikwipmɛnt dɛn we dɛn nid fɔ ol ɛn trowe shap tin dɛn (lɛk nidul) fayn fayn wan .

2. Fɔ tek tɛm wit kɔntakt fɔ sik dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt we pɔsin kɔntakt pɔsin

Dɛn kin tek dɛn tin ya fɔ protɛkt yusɛf frɔm sik dɛn we kin pas frɔm pɔsin to ɔda pɔsin ɔ we pɔsin tɔch sɔntin ɔ say we i de. Standard PPE fɔ dis na glɔv ɛn dispɔzabl gɔn . fכ egzampl, if dכkta nid fכ yuz wan kכmכn ikwipכm lεk stεtoskop, dεn go yuz wan ``single-use disposable`` wan.

Sɔm ɛgzampul dɛn bɔt sik dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt we i tɔch pɔsin:

• Infεkshכn dεm we de fכ mεtisilin we de rεsistεnt Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
• Infεkshכn dεm na di gεstrointestinal, lεk Norovirus כ Clostridium difficile (C. diff) .
• Ɔda kɔmɔn injury ɔ skin infɛkshɔn

If risk de fɔ kɔntakt wit bɔdi wata we dɛn de trit pɔsin lɛk dis, di wan dɛn we de wok na di wɛlbɔdi biznɛs kin yuz ɔda tin dɛn fɔ protɛkt am.

3. Droplet prεkoshכn fכ sik dεm we di rεspiretכri dכplεt dεm de pas

Dɛn kin tek dɛn tin ya fɔ protɛkt wisɛf frɔm sik dɛn we kin pas tru smɔl smɔl drɔp (`droplet`) we kin kɔmɔt na wi mɔt ɛn nos we wi de kɔf, sniz, brith, ɛn tɔk. Fɔ ɛgzampul, dɛn prɛkoshɔn ya nid fɔ de fɔ vayral sik dɛn lɛk `Influenza` ɛn `COVID-19`. Di PPE we dɛn yuz fɔ dis na:

• Fɔ kɔba yu fes ɛn yay lɛk ɔspitul mask, fes shild, ɔ gɔgl
• Di tin dɛn we dɛn kin yuz fɔ kɔba di bɔdi lɛk gɔn, aprɔn, ɛn kɔva
• Fɔ kɔba fut, lɛk but ɔ kɔva fɔ shuz

4. Fɔ tek tɛm wit di briz

Dis na di tin we strɔng pas ɔl we dɛn fɔ tek tɛm wit . Dɛn kin yuz am fɔ protɛkt frɔm di smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl. Di PPE we dɛn nid fɔ du dis na:

• spεshal fit respiratכr dεm, fכ egzampl `FFR dεm (lεk N95)`
• Mask fɔ ay ɛn fes
• Di tin dɛn we dɛn kin yuz fɔ kɔba di bɔdi lɛk aprɔn, kɔva, ɔ gɔn we dɛn kin yuz wan tɛm nɔmɔ
• Fɔ kɔba fut, lɛk but ɔ kɔva fɔ shuz

Ɛgzampul dɛn bɔt sik dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt we i de blo:

• Sik dεm we baktri dεm kin kכz, lεk `Tuberculosis` כ `Anthrax`
• Mizl, we vayrɔs kin kam wit, ɔ sɔm kayn hεpi zosta (shingles) (ɔda sik wae kin kam wit pipul dɛm wae dɔn gɛt chikinpoks) .

Wetin na di kayn PPE we nɔ gɛt mɛrɛsin?

Ivin pas di say we dɛn de mɛn pipul dɛn, fɔ yuz PPE kin mek pɔsin nɔ gɛt siriɔs injury ɔ sik. Na sɔm ɛgzampul dɛn bɔt PPE we nɔto mɛrɛsin:

• Protekshɔn fɔ di we aw pɔsin de blo: Fɔ filta smɔl smɔl tin dɛn we de kɔmɔt we dɛn de du wok lɛk kapɛnta wok, dig, ɛn mayning. Dɛn kin yuz dɛn bak fɔ protɛkt yusɛf frɔm pɔyzin smok we de kɔmɔt frɔm pent ɛn kemikal dɛn.
• Fɔ protɛkt di bɔdi pat dɛn frɔm aksidɛnt: ɛlmɛt, but we dɛn dɔn riinfɔs fɔ protɛkt fut frɔm ebi ebi tin dɛn, ɛn ɔda tin dɛn.
• Protekshɔn fɔ yɛri: Yuz iaplɔg ɔ ɔda tin dɛn fɔ protɛkt yu yes frɔm lawd nɔys.
• Fɔ protɛkt di yay: Tin dɛn lɛk di aywe we de protɛkt di yay (we de mek di retina nɔ bɔn) we pipul dɛn we de wɛldɔm kin yuz, ɛn glas ɔ shild we nɔ kin ambɔg di yay fɔ protɛkt di yay frɔm dɔti we de flay.
• Fɔ it sef: Tin dɛn lɛk hairnet ɛn glɔv kin ɛp fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt bɔku sik dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt we i de it.

Sɔm kayn PPE de we spɛshal fɔ wan patikyula hazad. Ɛgzampul dɛn:

• Klos we nɔ de wam ɛn tin dɛn we fayaman dɛn kin wɛr.
• Dɛn kin yuz rɔba glɔv fɔ protɛkt yusɛf frɔm kɔrɛnt.
• Dɛn kin yuz ripstɔp klos fɔ protɛkt frɔm mashin dɛn we de muv fast lɛk chensaw.
• Gam dɛn we nɔ gɛt kemikal ɛn gia dɛn we dɛn kin yuz we pɔyzin kemikal dɛn dɔn rɔsh.
• Military protektiv ikwipmɛnt, fɔ ɛgzampul `MOPP (Mission-Oriented Protective Posture) gia`.

Bɔku ɔda kayn PPE dɛn de we nɔto fɔ mɛn pipul dɛn, i go dipen pan di kayn wok ɔ di tin we dɛn de du. If yu want fɔ no mɔ bɔt dis, yu kin gɛt ɛp frɔm gɔvmɛnt ɔganayzeshɔn dɛn na yu eria ɔ kɔntri.

Fɔ dɔn, tin dɛn fɔ mɛmba (Take-Home Message) .

Pɔsin in yon prɔtɛktiv ikwipmɛnt (PPE) impɔtant fɔ mek yu sef ɛn gɛt wɛlbɔdi. Pan ɔl we na pat pan ɛvride layf fɔ di wan dɛn we de na sɔm industri, bɔku we dɛn de we PPE kin ɛp ɔlman.

We yu ɔ sɔmbɔdi na yu famili de gɛt mɛrɛsin, nɔ shek fɔ aks fɔ mɔ infɔmeshɔn bɔt aw fɔ tek tɛm wit infɛkshɔn. If yu ɔndastand PPE ɛn di tin dɛn we yu fɔ tek tɛm wit, dat kin mek big difrɛns fɔ ɔlman we gɛt fɔ du wit am. Nɔ fred fɔ aks yu dɔktɔ ɔ nɔs ɛni kwɛstyɔn we yu gɛt. Yu sef na di tin we dɛn fɔ pe atɛnshɔn pan pas ɔl, bak!

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