An unnamed HHS official under the Trump administration suggested to Fauci that they solve the PPE shortage by using 'doggie cones,' according to The Washington Post. Fauci reportedly sent a polite thank you in response.
As health care workers scrambled for personal protective equipment in the earliest months of the pandemic, a Department of Health and Human Services official proposed the idea of using"doggie cones" to help keep people safe., director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, obtained bygive a glimpse into the questions the infectious disease expert faced in March and April of 2020. One such question was how to quickly solve the shortage of masks and face shields.
An unnamed HHS official under the Trump administration suggested to Fauci that they solve the PPE shortage by using"doggie cones," according toTo keep healthcare workers safe during the pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises wearing a gown, an N95 respirator, a face shield or goggles and gloves.
A former HHS official suggested using"doggie cones" to help solve a PPE shortage in the early months of the pandemic, according to The Washington Post. A respiratory nurse puts on a powered air purifying respirator helmet, or PAPR, before treating a COVID-19 patient on the Medical Intensive Care Unit floor, MICU, at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center April 24, 2020, in the Manhattan borough of New York City.
"To secure the necessary PPE, equipment, and supplies, hospitals reported turning to new, sometimes un-vetted, and non-traditional sources of supplies and medical equipment," asurvey from March 2020 found."Hospitals across the country reported that a shortage of PPE was threatening their ability to keep staff safe while they worked to treat patients with COVID-19."
Contributing to the shortage, according to the survey, was the delay in test results, which required workers to waste PPE on non-COVID patients, supply chain disruptions and insufficient supplies from the Strategic National Stockpile.
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