Masks + respirators have been important tools in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, we release a new report, which overviews what types of devices are available & considers what it would take to create better ones for future risks. Read: centerforhealthsecurity.org/our-work/publi…
Creating more efficient, well-fitting, and comfortable-to-wear devices will help us prepare as a country; we will have a ready supply + surge manufacturing capacity of high-quality devices when another respiratory epidemic or pandemic emerges. (2/9)
Led by Sr Scholar @eric_toner, @TenerVeenema @AmeshAA @BioAndBasebal @haines_clint @anita_cicero reviewed the devices being used today. They found that better devices are possible, but progress in developing + manufacturing them has been blocked by a confluence of factors. (3/9)
Recs for the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) :
· supplement N95 filtering facepiece respirators by purchasing reusable elastomeric half-mask respirators for #HCWs.
· establish a program to rotate stockpiled devices thru hospitals. (5/9)
· supplement N95 filtering facepiece respirators by purchasing reusable elastomeric half-mask respirators for #HCWs.
· establish a program to rotate stockpiled devices thru hospitals. (5/9)
Recs for BARDA:
· encourage developing better devices by continuing to issue challenges and establishing TPPs.
· explore providing financial incentives or supports to domestic companies to scale up and maintain production once devices meeting the TPPs are developed. (6/9)
· encourage developing better devices by continuing to issue challenges and establishing TPPs.
· explore providing financial incentives or supports to domestic companies to scale up and maintain production once devices meeting the TPPs are developed. (6/9)
Also, that:
· ASPR commission scenario-driven modeling studies to help determine how much to purchase for the SNS.
· CDC create a sustained national campaign encouraging the public to use masks during flu season, when having seasonal allergies, etc. (7/9)
· ASPR commission scenario-driven modeling studies to help determine how much to purchase for the SNS.
· CDC create a sustained national campaign encouraging the public to use masks during flu season, when having seasonal allergies, etc. (7/9)
Finally, that:
· ASPR and the CDC work with professional organizations, accrediting bodies, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to encourage hospital respiratory protection programs to move towards greater use of reusable respirators. (8/9)
· ASPR and the CDC work with professional organizations, accrediting bodies, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to encourage hospital respiratory protection programs to move towards greater use of reusable respirators. (8/9)
Read the full report: centerforhealthsecurity.org/our-work/publi…
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