Mask wearing

One of my triage staff developed fever during the course of duty, and I accompanied her to the Emergency Dept. It turned out that she was H1N1 positive. Well, this made me "a close contact of a confirmed case" as per categorised by hospital protocol. As such, I have to mask myself for the next 7 days. Have to take temperature twice a day and monitor if I develop any symptoms for these 7 days too.

I am usually ok with wearing masks when I am on duty, whether it is surgical mask or N95.
Hmm... it's a different experience when I have to wear mask the whole day, from the moment I wake up, on the train, at work... Fresh air becomes so precious all of a sudden. Haha. I try to grab some moments of fresh air when nobody is around me within 1.5m radius ;)

I doubt I will be infected by the triage staff, as I have exercised full precautions.
My family members seem to feel that I have overreacted by wearing mask the whole day, however, the last thing that I want is to spread the bugs to family members and others.

Well, there are people who say that H1N1 is just like any other flu. It may be better to be infected now and develop immunity. Yes, may be true. However, if everyone exercises social responsibility, it can help to control the spread.

Well, I learnt to appreciate fresh air from this episode!

Cheers!