'Without PPE, you lose to this virus:' Stockpiling orders have nursing homes scrambling

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Nursing homes and rural clinics are being left behind in the rush for N95 masks and other protective gear, exposing some of the country’s most vulnerable populations and their caregivers to Covid-19.

But the fight for PPE is becoming even more challenging as states, such as California, pass stockpiling requirements, Saha said. PremierCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom to veto a bill that requires hospitals, starting in April, to have stockpiles of three months’ worth of PPE, or face $25,000 fines. However, Newsom signed the bill into law in September, and Saha worries it could become model legislation for other states.

Shortages of PPE put facilities’ workers and patients at risk, while also limiting their ability to treat their communities. At least 1,300 U.S.In Kirksville, a college town in northern Missouri, Twin Pines Adult Care Center Administrator Jim Richardson said his nursing home is running low on gowns. It also is reusing N95s after staffers treat them with UV light. Although major medical supplier Medline Industries has supplied him with extra products at times, he’s still had to turn to eBay.

, said the lack of supplies for smaller providers like nursing homes speaks to the nation’s priorities when it comes to caring for older adults.

 

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🤔thought the governor stated previously if we get back up to 5% positivity... he would act on it 🤔🤔🙄 will be stuck away from others forever at this rate...

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Thank Joe Biden for inciting the public to panic about the virus again. Go get your toilet paper.

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