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. 2012 Apr 12;41(1):14–18. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2011.12.019

Table 4.

Main reasons cited as obstacles toward the wearing of a mask by the health care workers

Reasons to ignore mask wearing %
Tendency to forget 37.8
Discomfort 35.1
Interference with the relationship with the patient 23.0
Inaccessibility to masks and tissues 20.3
Lack of time 14.9
Because of vaccination 5.4
Unaesthetic 4.1
Useless 2.7
Lack of knowledge 2.7
No one does it 1.4
It is complicated 0