President Donald Trump on Saturday suggested health care workers sanitize and reuse masks when treating coronavirus patients, rather than "throwing away" masks that are in short supply. "I have to ...

Facing a dire shortage of protective face masks for health care workers, administrators at the University of Nebraska Medical Center decided they had no choice. As Coronavirus Looms, a Hospital Begins ...

Researchers have suggested that people with compromised immune systems should avoid re-using face masks due to germ growth. The finding was made as part of a Japanese study into face mask hygiene. In ...

In the wake of the COVID‐19 pandemic, the rapid depletion of personal protective equipment (PPE) used in the care of patients presents serious health and safety risks for health care workers. To ...

An internal Federal Emergency Management Agency document shows that the U.S. government’s supply of surgical gowns and masks has not meaningfully increased, as reported by Roll Call. “The demand for ...

Below are five of the top supply chain stories published by Becker’s Hospital Review in March, beginning with the most popular: MultiCare Health System, based in Tacoma, Wash., is reusing face masks ...

We are running out of masks for our health care providers, but there might be a solution. As a former CNA and a daughter of a nurse at Mayo Clinic, I worry as the number of coronavirus patients rises ...

How many times can I reuse my N95 mask? It depends, but you should be able to use N95s and KN95s a few times. Stream San Diego News for free, 24/7, wherever you are with NBC 7. The U.S. Centers of ...

The shortage of personal protective equipment — specifically those N95 masks — continues to be a struggle for many healthcare workers. But an emergency medicine doctor in Orange County, California, ...

It depends, but you should be able to use N95s and KN95s a few times. The U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention says health care workers can wear an N95 mask up to five times. But experts say ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. With every breath you take in an N95, particles accumulate on the mask, one health expert says. That could make it more difficult ...