Since when are masks that are sold on the retail market to the general public are soley designated to hospitals. Weren’t they supposed to have an adeqaute stockpile if they followed the federal pandemic guidelines for the last 15 years? This was the CDC and HHS rule for hospitals that they signed up on promising to have an adequate stockpile in case of a pandemic. Did they fail to do so? Were they sold out the back door? I need answers to these questions.
The stock of gloves and masks in the Emergency Prep room—enough for 30 days—must be rotated. They have expiration dates.
If the logistics folks were not on top of this, or they were trying to save a dime they went through the stuff during flu season. Then they were caught short.
Now they can’t get them.
when people steal the boxes of face masks sitting on top of isolation carts, it is a problem......