COVID-19 and a lack of PPEs | Reflections on Infection Prevention and Control

COVID-19 and a lack of PPEs | Reflections on Infection Prevention and Control

COVID-19 and a lack of PPEs

March 20, 2020 Andreas Voss (@AVIPNL) Uncategorized

By Andreas Voss, Jan Kluytmans and Alexander Friedrich

As the surge of COVID-19 cases is hitting some of the Dutch hospitals hard, healthcare, in the areas being overwhelmed with cases, experience a shortage of PPEs and especially masks. In other Dutch regions with no or only a few cases, colleagues still believe that life is normal and PPEs can be ordered with a click on the computer. They look with awe at what colleagues in the midst of battling COVID-19 and shortages are facing. In addition, all healthcare-settings that do not usually use a lot of PPE’s (e.g. nursing homes and GPs), will be heavily understocked.