NYT | N95 Gray Market

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From the New York Times on November 17

Inside the Chaotic, Cutthroat Gray Market for N95 Masks

As the country heads into a dangerous new phase of the pandemic, the government’s management of the P.P.E. crisis has left the private sector still straining to meet anticipated demand.

…But as the coronavirus rapidly rode the channels of international commerce between continents, it turned the advantages of globalization into vulnerabilities. Right when the United States needed masks most, there were severe shortages. Chinese production had ground to a halt as the country locked down to stop the virus’s spread — and just-in-time supply chains dependent on their manufacturing quickly disintegrated. Baystate Health was consuming about 15 times more respirators monthly than during pre-pandemic times, and had no easy way of finding new suppliers. It would take months for American companies to build out new production lines…

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Atlantic | No One Is Listening To Us

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From the Atlantic

‘No One Is Listening to Us’

More people than ever are hospitalized with COVID-19. Health-care workers can’t go on like this.

On Saturday morning, Megan Ranney was about to put on her scrubs when she heard that Joe Biden had won the presidential election. That day, she treated people with COVID-19 while street parties erupted around the country. She was still in the ER in the late evening when Biden and Vice President–elect Kamala Harris made their victory speeches. These days, her shifts at Rhode Island Hospital are long, and they “are not going to change in the next 73 days,” before Biden becomes president, she told me on Monday. Every time Ranney returns to the hospital, there are more COVID-19 patients.

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Ambulance Decontamination White Paper

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Published by Demers-Braun-Crestline
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COVID-19 is the present-day challenge facing our first responders, but infectious diseases have always posed a threat to EMS personnel and their patients. Developed with insights and internal testing from engineering resources at Demers-Braun-Crestline, the white paper aims to identify verified solutions to reducing the spread of infectious diseases inside an ambulance. Highlighted are five key areas of focus; each is discussed in-depth to help identify why it is important and what proven options are available to implement inside an ambulance.

The white paper includes a detailed overview of each of these, helping to educate readers on ambulance options and features that assist in limiting the spread of viruses, bacteria, parasites, and fungi. From plexiglass dividers to HEPA filters, chemical fogging systems to self-disinfecting surfaces, and everything in-between, this white paper outlines a variety of solutions that every emergency response organization should consider for protecting patients and personnel from infectious diseases.

Download the White Paper online for free

 

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