Professionals are taking steps to reuse scarce N95 respirators and other supplies as they care for COVID-19 patients.
has been recommended and widely used as an option for conserving respirators during previous respiratory pathogen outbreaks and pandemics.”
One nurse recently quit because her health care setting didn’t have enough PPE, said Cheryl Peterson, vice president of nursing practice and work environment at the“I think our biggest concern that we’ve heard nurses raise is around access to the N95 respirator, and some have even said that there’s a shortage of surgical masks,” Peterson said, adding that this equipment is “absolutely necessary” for patient care.
Some organizations are arranging treatment teams so PPE can be prioritized for those who interact with COVID-19 patients, Venkat said. Often this means wearing the same PPE to see multiple patients.
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