ORGANIZATION OF CONTROL OVER THE FREQUENCY OF CHANGING MEDICAL MASKS BY PERSONNEL IN THE CONDITIONS OF COVID-19
Introduction: Environmental change, climate warming, an increase in population density, high migration activity of the population and other factors provoke the emergence and spread of new infections around the world. The emergence in December 2019 of diseases caused by a new coronavirus infection ("coronavirus disease 2019") has already gone down in history as an emergency of international importance, which is on a par with pandemics such as smallpox, smallpox, bubonic plague, plague, or " Black Death ”,“ Spanish Flu ”or Spanish flu, HIV / AIDS. In connection with the increase in the number of diseases around the world, measures are being introduced to combat the growing infectious outbreak. In the context of the ongoing anti-epidemic measures aimed at combating the new coronavirus infection, in particular the mandatory wearing of masks, it is necessary to exercise internal control over the timely replacement of masks in order to preserve their protective properties. Purpose: To make proposals that will help control the timely replacement of medical masks by personnel and medical workers. Results and Discussion. A variant with the use of an automatic dispenser (dispenser) of disposable medical masks with a time stamp is considered. A constructive model of the apparatus is proposed. Results and Discussion. A variant with the use of an automatic dispenser (dispenser) of disposable medical masks with a time stamp is considered. A constructive model of the apparatus is proposed. Conclusion: The epidemic situation in the world and the number of the growing number of cases have shown the need to introduce new measures to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus infection and to better monitor compliance with personal protective measures.