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CDC: Strategies for Optimizing the Supply of N95 Respirators: Crisis/Alternate Strategies
April 10, 2020AUTHORITY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
DATE PRODUCED: Updated April 2, 2020
TYPE: Guidance/Protocol
THE QUESTIONS IT ANSWERS:
- What should staff do if there is a shortage of N95 respirators?
- What should staff do if there are no N95 masks?
- What are conventional, contingency, and crisis capacity strategies?
SHORT DESCRIPTION:
This document offers a series of strategies or options to optimize supplies of disposable N95 filtering facepiece respirators (commonly called “N95 respirators”) in healthcare settings when there is limited supply.
