PPE

With coronavirus cases and hospitalizations ticking upward in Massachusetts, health care workers are espressing concern about a second wave of COVID-19. The 7-day weighted average of positive coronavirus tests increased to 2.2% from 1.7% in mid-July, according to the Department of Public Health. Health officials reported two new deaths and 338 new cases in Massachusetts Wednesday. More than 111,000 people…

Teachers need pencils, crayons, glue sticks … and plexiglass.

Mark Parkinson, president and CEO of AHCA/NCAL speaks to the devastating impact Covid-19 continues to have at long-term care nursing facilities across the country as they run low on staff and PPE.

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine released a report on Wednesday with recommendations on how districts should prepare to reopen schools.

Eric Lundgren has made the problem of electronic waste his life’s work – and even spent a year in jail for that mission. Now he’s turning his focus to the coronavirus crisis by importing and donating PPE as well as mobile emergency power trailers that use repurposed lithium ion batteries from old Teslas.

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

Nurse Alice Benjamin provides tips for proper face mask wearing and answers some frequently asked questions, including how to make sure your mask fits and how often to clean it.

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.

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.

President Donald Trump visited a Ford plant on Thursday to tour the automaker’s production of medical ventilators. Despite CDC and coronavirus task force guidelines, the president wore a mask briefly and away from the press pool, sayng, “I didn’t want to give the press the pleasure of seeing it.”

The state will be distributing 50,000 infrared thermometers to small businesses, nonprofits and places of worship. The distribution, which continue while supplies last, is being launched as the state approaches May 20, the date phase one of reopening Connecticut begins. “We’ve secured these infrared thermometers for our businesses, nonprofits, and places of worship because having adequate screening measures is an…

President Donald Trump visited Allentown, Pa., Thursday to announce the Strategic National Stockpile 2.0, which would increase PPE supplies and ask private companies to store some of those supplies.

An email sent to U.S. Immunologist Dr. Rick Bright is something that made him “feel a pit in his stomach.”

Administrators at a Colorado nursing home hard hit by COVID-19 say shipments of personal protective equipment needed to protect their staff were seized and redirected by the federal government. They are still waiting for an explanation.