Sourcing Personal Protective Equipment During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Authors
- Livingston, Edward; Desai, Angel; Berkwits, Michael
- Source
- JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association. 5/19/2020, Vol. 323 Issue 19, p1912-1914. 3p.
- Subject
- *PERSONAL protective equipment
*MEDICAL masks
*COVID-19 pandemic
*PREVENTION of communicable diseases
- Language
- ISSN
- 0098-7484
The article focuses on the increased demand for personal protective equipment (PPE) in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic which requires a large increase in PPE manufacturing. Topics covered include three levels of operational status identified by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the use of face masks, recommendations for PPE conservation and management, and the importance of conservation of current PPE.