Question

Describe how each of the body measurements : bust, waist, hip, and sleeve length is taken with Corona Virus prevention protocols in mind ?

Answer 1

Coronaviruses (CoV) are a large family of positive-stranded RNA respiratory viruses. Their name is owed to the crown-shaped tips present on their surface. Coronaviruses (CoV) are divided into four genera, including α−/β−/γ−/δ-CoV. α- and β-CoV are able to infect mammals, while γ- and δ-CoV tend to infect birds. Previously, six CoVs have been identified as human-susceptible viruses, among them α-CoVs HCoV-229E and HCoV-NL63 and β-CoVs HCoV-HKU1 and HCoV-OC43, which have low pathogenicity, causing mild respiratory symptoms similar to a common cold. The other two, known as β-CoVs, SARS-CoV (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome—Coronavirus) and MERS-CoV (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome—Coronavirus) lead to severe and potentially fatal respiratory tract infections.

· All the PPE described above must be removed and disposed of by following the correct procedures by the wearer. Correct removal is essential to prevent recontamination of the wearer’s clothes or hands. Here is the recommended sequence for safely removing PPE.

• Removing the gloves by rolling them down from the wrist, without touching the skin;
• Removing the protective clothing, being careful to fold it with the contaminated external part inside and disposing of it in a container with a lid;
• Hand washing;Removing the safety goggles or the splash guard goggles;
• Removing the facemask/respirator, taking care to touch only the strings and not the contaminated surface, and disposing of it in a container with a lid. In the event of the identification of a potentially infected person, the following measures must be applied while awaiting the health care personnel:
• Avoid close contact with the sick person; if possible, accompany the subject in the isolation room especially prepared;

If available, provide the person with a surgical facemask and disposable nitrile gloves which he must put on by himself;

• Wash your hands thoroughly;
• Pay particular attention to the body surfaces that have possibly come into contact with the patient’s fluids (respiratory secretions, urine, faeces);
• Have the subject eliminate, directly in a waterproof bag, both the masks and the gloves, as well as any used paper tissues. The bag will then be disposed of in an appropriate manner, together with the infected materials used during the medical assistance procedure offered by the healthcare personnel.

• Companies with a low probability level of infection spreading: Located in areas where there are no reported cases of disease contamination in the entire province; With a maximum of 10 employees; Which mainly carry out office activities with a limited flow of customers.

• Companies with a medium probability level of infection spreading: Located in areas where there are reported cases of disease contamination in the province; With a maximum number of 50 employees; Which mainly carry out commercial activities; Which expose employees to sporadic contact with customers.

• Companies with a high probability level of infection spreading: Located in areas in which in the neighbouring cities or in the same city of the workplace, there are clear cases of disease contamination; With a maximum number of over 50 employees; Which carry out front-office activities in continuous contact with customers; With travelling staff; Which operate in the health sector.

• Companies with a very high probability level of infection spreading Very-high-exposure-risk jobs are those with high potential for exposure to known or suspected sources of COVID-19 during specific medical, post-mortem, or laboratory procedures. Workers in this category include: Healthcare workers (doctors, nurses, dentists, paramedics, emergency medical technicians) performing aerosol-generating procedures (e.g., intubation, cough induction procedures, bronchoscopies, some dental procedures and exams, or invasive specimen collection) on known or suspected COVID-19 patients. Healthcare or laboratory personnel collecting or handling specimens from known or suspected COVID-19 patients (manipulating cultures from known or suspected COVID-19 patients).