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Hospitals and healthcare agencies across the United States are struggling to obtain adequate personal protective equipment (PPE). As a result, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has created contingency plans for PPE depending on its availability. Recent updates include “crisis” plans which recommend use of bandanas, scarves, or homemade masks (because something is better than nothing). This isn’t uncharted literature territory…
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