Face masks may protect you from staph bacteria
important
protection against drug-resistant Staphylococcus
aureus bacteria.
Researchers
at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health tracked 101 hog farm
workers and 79 household members for four months, taking nasal swabs and asking
questions about face mask use.
The
findings of the study are published in the Journal of Environmental Health
Perspectives.
The
researchers found that for workers who wore face masks consistently during the
four-month study, witnessed a 50 to 70 percent reduction in the likelihood of
finding dangerous, livestock-derived S. aureus strains in their swabs and
household members appeared to be protected too.
"Face
masks and other personal protective equipment (PPE) could be effective in
reducing occupational exposure to livestock-associated S. aureus and preventing
the spread of these bacteria to workers and their families," said study's
lead author Christopher D. Heaney. Read
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