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.
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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.
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In light of the global COVID-19 pandemic, Medtronic is ramping up its ventilator production by more than 40%. And the company may be getting help from an unlikely ally: Elon Musk.
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The Department of Defense will make available medical supplies and devices including up to 5 million single-use respirator masks, 2,000 deployable ventilators, and at least 14 testing labs to aid the response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Today, information about COVID-19 is traveling at light speed—faster than ever before. And it’s causing a lot of fear and anxiety among everyone, maintains biomed technology leader Jeffrey Ruiz. HTM leaders need to recognize this and be there for their people, he says.
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