The device “remains an important safeguard” especially in contexts of work indoors and shared by several workers or open to the public or where interpersonal distancing of one meter is not possible.
by Marzio Bartoloni
The use of the mask remains “an important safeguard for the protection of the health of workers for the purpose of preventing contagion” especially in factories and indoor offices shared by several workers and perhaps open to the public or where “distancing is not possible interpersonal of one meter for the specificity of the work activities “. So reads the draft of the protocol for updating the measures to combat and contain the spread of Covd in the workplace that will be discussed today by trade unions and employers’ associations together with the Ministry of Labor and Health.
Strong recommendation of the FFP2, no more obligation
Therefore, if the protocol is confirmed in this formulation, we go towards a strong recommendation to use the Ffp2 mask – therefore not the surgical mask – and no longer the obligation of the mask as provided for in the previous protocol. “The use of FFP2 filtering facial respiratory protection devices – warns the draft of the protocol which will be valid until October 31 – remains an important safeguard for the protection of workers’ health for the purpose of preventing contagion, especially in work contexts indoors and shared by several workers or open to the public or where interpersonal distancing of one meter is not possible due to the specific nature of the work activities “. The old protocol provided that “in all cases of sharing work environments, indoors or outdoors, the use of surgical masks or higher-level personal protective equipment is in any case mandatory”.