ODH, OHA Issued New Guidance and Immediate Actions for the Conservation of Personal Protective Equipment
The Ohio Department of Health through the Ohio Hospital Association issued new guidance that recommends immediate actions for the conservation of personal protective equipment (PPE) in the state of Ohio due to the ongoing COVID-19 response.
Message from the State: If you don’t get any other message today, PLEASE adhere.
- If you have not started to conserve your PPE, You need to do it NOW. Tomorrow is too late. Educate your staff, cut down on procedures, schedule them for later, think outside the box, etc.
- Please share with other hospitals and healthcare facilities, across the systems and across counties as well as EMS-anything to prevent disruption of patient care, please do.
- This will only get worse and there is not enough resources anywhere to cover and we are not expecting any to come into the region anytime soon- please conserve and be creative.
Below is the new guidance with resources available through the CDC identifying steps that can be taken to conserve PPE. The CDC has also provided guidance for optimizing the supply of N95 respirators through conventional, contingency and crisis strategies, and that will be posted soon on the COVID-19 Resources for Public Safety page at http://gmvemsc.org/covid.html.
The attached SitRep is created by Montgomery County, but all information is public knowledge gleaned from differing sources.
|
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Mary E. Porter BSN, RN, CHEP
Regional Healthcare Coordinator
GDAHA
Office: 937.424.2364 Fax: 937.228.1035
Cell: 937.572.2512
Email: mporter@gdaha.org
Address: 241 Taylor St. Suite 130
Dayton, OH 45402