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For example, the VDI guidelines state that vendors / ATMs must wear respirators (FFP2 or FFP3) and disposable gloves, and the SAM guidelines only use medical masks.
Taking into account the updated results of the occupational risk assessment, employees receive: disposable gloves as needed; respiratory protective equipment – disposable medical (surgical) masks, if possible – FFP2 respirators; face shields, goggles, ”according to VDI recommendations, while the decisions are not mentioned in the decisions of the statewide emergency operations manager.
Photo by Sigismund Gedvila / 15min / Eastern session of the Seimas
Furthermore, the VDI still recommends wearing masks in offices and points to the need to maintain a distance of one meter, and SAM has already abolished the obligation to maintain a distance. R.Veryga assured that people who constantly work in the same office do not need masks, they only need them when serving customers.
What is it really like? Why do the recommendations differ and what must employers follow to avoid sanctions?
VDI Communication Advisor Jurgita Kažukauskaitė-Sarnickienė 15 minutes stated that the Labor Inspection does not penalize the non-use of personal protective equipment, therefore, according to her, the matters whose recommendations employers must follow are not addressed to her.
The SLI representative assured that the documents published by the institution are only recommendations and, therefore, it is not mandatory to follow them. Contrary to the decisions of Aurelijus Veryga, the head of state-level emergency operations, Minister of Health.
The latter agreed that there was a lack of clarity.
“Apparently, in some cases, a more detailed discussion, clarification, explanation is needed. It is difficult to describe each specific case. I have commented that in the cases where people meet basically every day, spending time together, sitting in the same table, it makes little sense that they sit next to each other to use those tools. And anyway, when we deal with more people that we don’t interact with every day, people that we don’t spend a lot of time with and who walk in other spaces, whether they are visitors or customers, so we should really be using nose and mouth caps. Apparently, if there are questions and uncertainties, we will have to explain and explain them in more detail, “the minister said last week.
Sigismund Gedvila / 15min photo / Aurelijus Veryga
The operations manager’s decision was rectified. It states that in establishments and companies, face masks, respirators and “other equipment” are only necessary during ongoing meetings or customer service if a metro distance cannot be guaranteed.
And what other measures are mentioned in that operations manager decision? Is it possible to be careful when wearing face shields?
Rolanda Lingienė, Head of the Vilnius Department of the National Center for Public Health 15 minutes stated that the operations manager’s decisions do not apply to the imposition of fines for using inappropriate equipment, but to the decisions of the operations manager.
“Regarding the use of security measures, this is undoubtedly where the decisions of the operations manager must be followed.” Where there is no solution in the operations manual and even in your presence, the safety levels established by safety equipment manufacturers are also important. (…) You mentioned the waiters, it is really enough for them to have masks absolutely. During the peak of the epidemic, it was enough, because respirators, if not derived, are intended for professionals – to work in certain dangerous conditions “, – explained R. Lingienė.
Photo by Lukas Balandus / 15min / Rolanda Lingienė
According to the NVSC representative, face shields are only a means of protecting the eyes, so they can be used in conjunction with medical masks.
“Without the correct distance, shields are certainly not a sufficient tool for vendors and waiters as they provide excellent eye and mouth protection from splashes, but not from aerosols and the smallest particles. It all depends on the conditions. If there is a strong conditioning system, the speed of air movement is high, then the infection can spread under the panel. If not, then it is not, “R. Lingienė taught.
Neither the NVSC nor the police have indicated how many companies have been penalized for not wearing protective equipment. Such statistics are said not to be maintained.
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