Healthcare workers’ masks donated by Facebook were stockpiled after wildfires

Many healthcare facilities’ frontline workers don’t have the proper protective equipment


Facebook recently announced that they’d be donating large numbers of protective masks to healthcare  worker from stockpiles created after the recent wildfires, according to an article on the CNBC website.

In 2019, California’s Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board adopted a regulation requiring employers to provide respiratory equipment, including N95 masks, for workers when the Air Quality Index reaches unhealthy levels. 

Hospitals have expressed concerns that their frontline workers are being jeopardized because they don’t have the proper protective equipment.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has urged the federal government needs to nationalize the purchase of needed medical supplies and said the shortage of masks and other lifesaving equipment such as respirators is leading to price gouging.

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April 3, 2020


Topic Area: Infection Control


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