Nurses Assist with Mask Fit Testing for Workers Staffing COVID-19 Surge Hospital in New Orleans

On April 1, 2020, North Oaks Health System, based in Hammond, Louisiana, deployed a team to the Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans to assist the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness with fit testing N95 masks for 400 health care workers.

The health care workers who were fit tested will be caring for recovering COVID-19 patients at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans.

North Oaks Nurses Elizabeth Malloy, Denise Jarreau, Mandy Michel and Tammy Scafidel share that they were honored to share their fit testing expertise at the request of Dawson Primes, director of Homeland Security and Emergency Management for Tangipahoa Parish.

Fit testing ensures that the mask forms an adequate seal with the user’s face to provide the intended protection.

Pictured at center, first row, are North Oaks Health System Nurses Denise Jarreau, Tammy Scafidel, Elizabeth Malloy and Mandy Michel.