Covid-19: Health and social care workers need, want, and deserve reusable FFP3 respirators.

Zhang and colleagues argue that single use personal protective equipment (PPE) is crucial for infection control in healthcare settings,1 but reusable options are better for the environment and healthcare systems. Organisations including the British Medical Association and Royal College of Nursing have written to the prime minister demanding FFP3 respirators to protect all healthcare workers against airborne transmission of covid-19.2 The surgical masks commonly provided do not protect staff from SARS-CoV-2 respirable aerosol, produced by breathing, speaking, or coughing.23 At least …