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Andra Cirule, MD

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About Andra Cirule, MD
Supervisor of TB IC programme
Harvard Airborne IC Course Participant

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  • Director (Site, Program, Project)

Organization

  • State Agency of TB and Lung Diseases, Latvia
    Website: http://www.worldehealth.net/node/62 Type: Medical Institution Country: Latvia About: The State Agency of TB and Lung Diseases is located near Riga, the capital of Latvia. It is a tertiary level hospital with 500 beds, half of which are for TB patients and remainder of other lung diseases- COPD, asthma, sarcoidosis etc. We provide high level management of patients with lung diaseases and thoracic surgery. We offer educational programs for medical students, primary care physicians, lung specialists. Our Agency is a designated WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Management of MDR TB. We see ourselves as demanders of services in collaboration projects with comparable facilities.

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  • Latvia

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    Andra Cirule, MD replied to "How long can one use a disposable personal respiratory protection (masks)" in the TB Infection Control community.

    Dear Edward Nardell, I am sending my coments and opinion about respirators and how long time we are using them. In our hospital we use respirators FFP3. TB doctors use respirators every day and several times per day, in this situation they change them sometimes after 3 days, but sometimes after 2 weeks, it depends on many factors. We recomend to wear respirators while they ensure good fit and fist off all, as you said, ...

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