In a statement, the Joint Commission said it is “painfully aware of the shortages of personal protective equipment, ventilators, and swab kits at hospitals and other healthcare organizations across the nation amid the COVID-19 pandemic” and shared the actions it is taking to combat the problem.
Read More
The number of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. has been growing exponentially over the past few weeks and at an average of 41% per day since March 16. It is only a matter of time before there is an increased need for extracorporeal machine oxygenation (ECMO) to ensure the survival of critically ill patients, according to GlobalData.
Read More
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is “scouring the globe” for ventilators and has resorted to trying an experimental procedure where they split the ventilators between two patients because “we have no alternative.”
Read More
Novel times call for novel measures. In that vein, the U.S. FDA has taken significant actions to help increase the availability of ventilators and accessories, as well as other respiratory devices, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read More
Strategies to help state and local planners in allocating stockpiled ventilators to healthcare facilities, including pre-pandemic actions and actions to be taken during the pandemic, are detailed in a new article appearing in Health Security.
Read More