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The demand for personal protective equipment (PPE) isn't going away anytime soon. Medical professionals are having to use and buy more PPE than they have used to in the past. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has a quick reference for healthcare workers on how to optimize the supplies they do have. Read more about the CDC's strategies here on their website.

There are many obstacles the world is facing right now, due to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). Stricter measures are being put in place to slow the spread of the disease and the pandomonia it is causing. The FDA released a letter to healthcare providers concerning personal protective equipment (face masks, isolation gown, etc.). "The FDA’s recommendations are intended to augment, and not intended to replace, specific controls and procedures developed by healthcare organizations, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), or CDC’s Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) to aid in infection prevention and control." The strategies for surgical masks and gowns, based on the needs and supply levels of a health care facility, fall into these categories:...