{"id":7418,"date":"2020-04-19T20:56:42","date_gmt":"2020-04-19T20:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/?p=7418"},"modified":"2020-05-28T20:51:32","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T20:51:32","slug":"dos-and-donts-wearing-a-surgical-mask","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/dos-and-donts-wearing-a-surgical-mask\/","title":{"rendered":"Do&#8217;s and Don&#8217;ts: Wearing A Surgical Mask"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> We&#8217;re sharing some Do&#8217;s and Don&#8217;ts of wearing surgical masks to help you to protect your health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> DO: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Wash and sanitize your hands before putting on the mask <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. Check for defects such as holes or tears<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> 3. Make sure that the mask fits snugly to your face <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4. Wash and sanitize your hands after removing the mask <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DON&#8217;T: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Touch the mask once it&#8217;s on your face, doing so can expose you to pathogens <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. Hang the mask around your neck <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. Reuse single-use masks <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4. Touch the front of the mask when removing it <\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer\">All content of this newsletter is intended for general information purposes only and is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.  Please consult a medical professional before adopting any of the suggestions on this page.   You must never disregard professional medical advice or delay seeking medical treatment based upon any content of this newsletter.<strong>  PROMPTLY CONSULT YOUR PHYSICIAN OR CALL 911 IF YOU BELIEVE YOU HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY.<\/strong> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re sharing some Do&#8217;s and Don&#8217;ts of wearing surgical masks to help you to protect your health. DO: 1. Wash and sanitize your hands before putting on the mask 2. Check for defects such as holes or tears 3. Make &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/dos-and-donts-wearing-a-surgical-mask\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1806,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-covid-19","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7418"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7420,"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7418\/revisions\/7420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}