“Masks, rubber gloves, ear sticks and even foil from tablets and other personal hygiene products for a sick person should be put together in a separate bag, which must be taken separately from him. The breakdown of the infection at home takes up to seven days, and on the street it takes 24 hours, ”he said in an interview with Radio Sputnik.
According to Nagibin, used personal protective equipment from medical facilities is disinfected and disposed of. While the masks and gloves of patients with coronavirus who are being treated at home are often thrown into a regular bin.
“Workers in waste sorting are mostly involved in the manual recycling of the secondary. These people are in a big risk zone, ”the expert noted.
Earlier, Anatoly Altstein, MD, in an interview with NSN, commented on the introduction of the mask regime in some Russian regions.