Here’s How Doctors Protect Themselves From the Coronavirus

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Taking a lesson from healthcare professionals is always better than listening to our neighbors or reading options on social media. Although they take these things into consideration all the time, now, during a pandemic they practice them more often.

“We’re practicing what’s tried and true,” says Robert Glatter, MD, an emergency physician with Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. “Most of my colleagues are still going about their business and practicing effective cough and respiratory etiquette.”

Here’s how doctors protect themselves and others from the Coronavirus:

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1. 1.Washing their hands
2. 2.Keeping hands away from their face
3. 3.Taking into consideration coughing and sneezing rules
4. 4.Bumping elbows
5. 5.Getting enough Zzz’s
6. 6.Using disinfecting wipes
7. 7.Asking patients with symptoms to call before coming in