Without federal guidance, states must compete for products
American healthcare workers still face dangerous shortages of personal protective equipment as Covid-19 patients continue to fill hospitals, according to an article on the Bloomberg website.
Many healthcare providers still get a single N95 mask per shift.
The nationwide demand for the N95 respirator masks that give is 300 million a year, up from 25 million prior to the pandemic.
Without federal guidance, states must compete for products.
July 28, 2020
Topic Area: Infection Control
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