personal protective equipment

“We were down to just a critical few days,” recalled Hartford HealthCare CEO Jeff Flaks. That was at the beginning of the pandemic. Flaks said doctors and nurses were using up personal protective equipment at such an alarming rate that Hartford HealthCare couldn’t keep up. “You have to prepare for a massive supply disruption,” Flaks said of the lesson learned...

At the beginning of the pandemic personal protective equipment was in short supply and while things have largely improved there’s still a need out there.  “For health care workers who are fit tested we aren’t always able to find a specific N95 mask that they have been qualified and fit-tested for so then we find ourselves having to do...

Health Care Workers Continue to Have Great Need for PPE

From the very moment the pandemic reached America’s shores, the country was unprepared

The state of Connecticut is looking to purchase a 138,000-square-foot warehouse in Manchester to store PPE and other equipment.  “The leased facility that we’ve been using to store our PPE stockpile we have outgrown and we anticipate further issues based on testing stockpiles and other supplies that are coming in,” Josh Geballe, Gov. Ned Lamont’s chief operating officer, said. ...

With concerns over a second wave of COVID-19, the state is looking at purchasing a new warehouse for PPE storage.

Regular shipment of gloves, gowns, surgical masks and face shields the state was providing for home health care workers will be replaced with five cloth masks per quarter.

The New York Times talks to the innovators and entrepreneurs who have jumped in to help make personal protective equipment for first responders.

For nursing homes and other businesses, PPE is essential but there are concerns over some of the state’s stockpile meant for distribution.

With cases of the coronavirus spiking dramatically across the country, the nationwide demand for personal protective gear is increasing rapidly. For nursing homes and businesses in Connecticut, that means maintaining a supply of PPE is critical. The state has a stockpile for PPE, but not all of it is medical grade.  “That’s something we never really know what we’re...

The state of Connecticut has so far built up a stockpile of personal protective equipment that can last about 60 or 70 days, with plans to eventually have enough for 90 days in case there is a second wave of the coronavirus, Gov. Ned Lamont said Wednesday. While it’s the responsibility of nursing homes and businesses to secure their own…

The personal protective gear that was in dangerously short supply during the early weeks of the coronavirus crisis in the U.S. is running low again

The state of Connecticut has spent more than $93 million on personal protective equipment in hopes of building up its stockpile

The New York Times reports how inventors from around the world are using their skills to create desperately needed PPE equipment for healthcare workers on the frontlines of the pandemic.

The Rutledge family of Simsbury, Conn., decided to make a sign for their front yard to thank essential workers during the pandemic – then the requests from neighbors started rolling in. The family of five has now made almost 1,000 signs and raised $11,000 in donations to help make PPE for nearby medical facilities.

As restaurants around the world look for ways to safely reopen, some restaurants in France are experimenting with plastic domes to help keep restaurant workers and diners healthy.

Officials cautioned that as we reopen, we must continue to be cautious or a resurgence will set us back.

Gov. Ned Lamont said Tuesday that state continues to hit goals to start initially reopening next week.

The State of Connecticut has received its single largest shipment of personal protective equipment to combat coronavirus during the ongoing pandemic. Governor Ned Lamont said the equipment came from suppliers in China and has been delivered to the state’s commodities warehouse over the last couple of days. The shipment includes 6 million surgical masks, 500,000 protective masks, 100,000 surgical gowns…

Shortages of personal protective equipment have sparked protests from nurses across the country. A global shortage leaving healthcare facilities to ration PPE  has workers feeling uneasy.  Sherri Dayton, head of the nurses union at Backus Hospital and an emergency room nurse, says the current situation goes against all her training.  “If we practiced the way we do right now...