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PPE, staffing shortages linger as COVID-19 kills 2500 nursing home residents in Ohio
One in 10 Ohio nursing homes told regulators they didn’t have any N95 respirators on hand, which medical staff use to shield themselves from the coronavirus while treating infected patients. Even among those that do, the supply chain is tenuous: 1 in 4 said they don’t have a week’s worth of the masks in store. […]
Experts warn that widely used surgical masks are putting health care workers at serious risk
With medical supplies in high demand, federal authorities say health workers can wear surgical masks for protection while treating COVID-19 patients — but growing evidence suggests the practice is putting workers in jeopardy. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently said lower-grade surgical masks are “an acceptable alternative” to N95 masks unless workers are performing an […]
Ohio gets less than 50% of coronavirus PPE requested from national stockpile
Ohio received less than half of the personal protective equipment for health care workers it requested from the federal government to respond to the COVID-19 epidemic. In a statement Tuesday, Ohio Department of Health Director Dr. Amy Acton issued blunt remarks affirming the allocation from the Strategic National Stockpile wouldn’t meet the state’s needs. “The […]