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Facemask decontamination COVID-19 pandemic brought about so many problems. With limited availability of personal protective equipment (PPE) for health care workers, there is a major shift for alternatives. One area many people are looking at is how long can this equipment be used and if possible reuse. This is because the manufacturer recommendation for most of these equipment are usually one for a patient after which they are properly disposed of. But that cannot be possible in a pandemic. When a medical doctor is required to see up to 100 COVID-19 patients in a hospital, changing PPE for each patient will cost the country a huge amount of money. The current recommendation now is to use one for all the patients and dispose of them properly. Presently, the health care system of most countries have been overstretched and that is not even feasible right now. Read Also: Types of facemasks The last alternative is to decontaminate. There is no approved decontamination method....

The covid-19 disease is spreading and spreading real fast. It has spread across over 200 countries killing people on the way. With little information available to health care workers about the virus, prevention methods have revolved around hygiene. Washing hands with soap and running warm water has been the golden advice. However, in cases where there is none available, other options like the use of hand sanitizer could prove helpful. Read Also : Prevention tips for covid-19 (coronavirus) Some other prevention methods include sneezing into disposable tissue paper or a folded arm and social distancing. Facemask and handglove is used by health care experts. Some prevent infection from droplets while others include the more small aerosols. Some countries are enforcing the use of these medical materials for every person coming out of their home. Some people who live in countries that have no law on the use of these materials still use them. Many prefer the more expensive ones. Because ...

Setting the right selling price of products is one of the cornerstone of community pharmacy business. A low price will encourage a large steady stream of sales with low profit. On the other hand, low sales is witnessed when the price is outrageously high leading to loss of customers. Setting the right selling price is an art that is perfected over the years. But there comes a time when adjusting the current price of a product (s) is necessary. It happens when the wholesale price changes. However, there is a critical case we want to look into today. It is a topic that is hardly talked about in the open. Maybe because of its moral stand. How It All Started Covid-19 Covid-19 is a virus infection that was discovered in China in December 2019. It is highly infectious and deadly. It has claimed many lives from different countries within a short while. There currently is no cure. The best thing to do is prevention. One of the best preventive measures is simple hygiene. This has le...