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NOT EVERYBODY NEEDS AN N95 but everybody needs something.

Select the most appropriate face covering based on your exposure risk, filtration level, breathability and comfort. The majority of American workers operate within "Lower" to "Medium" risk levels as outlined by OSHA's Worker Exposure Risk Pyramid.

Respiratory Protection

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MEDIUM EXPOSURE RISK:
Frequent contact with public and coworkers; indoor/outdoor work

LOWER EXPOSURE RISK:
Minimal contact with public and other co-workers; outdoor work

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Do you know the full range of symptoms for Covid-19?

Regularly and thoroughly cleaning your hands with an alcohol based cloth, use hand sanitizer or wash with soap and water eliminates germs and including viruses that may be on your hands.  Avoid touching your touching your eyes, nose and mouth.  Clean and disinfect surfaces regularly.  While excersizing all these preventive measures regularly pay attention to the symptoms of COVID-19.  

Symptoms of COVID-19 and What to do

• Know the full range of symptoms of COVID-19. The most common symptoms of COVID-19 are fever, dry cough, and tiredness. Other symptoms that are less common and may affect some patients include loss of taste or smell, aches and pains, headache, sore throat, nasal congestion, red eyes, diarrhoea, or a skin rash.
• Stay home and self-isolate even if you have minor symptoms such as cough, headache, mild fever, until you recover. Call your health care provider or hotline for advice. Have someone bring you supplies. If you need to leave your house or have someone near you, wear a medical mask to avoid infecting others.
• If you have a fever, cough and difficulty breathing, seek medical attention immediately. Call by telephone first, if you can and follow the directions of your local health authority.
• Keep up to date on the latest information from trusted sources, such as WHO or your local and national health authorities. Local and national authorities and public health units are best placed to advise on what people in your area should be doing to protect themselves. - [WHO - Advice for the public]

posted November 18, 2020

Inside the Chaotic, Cutthroat Gray Market for N95 Masks

In his 30 years as a doctor, Andrew Artenstein had never worried about N95 respirators. The chief physician executive of Baystate Health, he ran his four hospitals in western Massachusetts exactingly, and an essential... [read more]

posted November 16, 2020

Manufacturers Contend With N95 Mask & Nitrile Gloves Shortages

A surge in COVID cases has left 3M and others struggling to keep up with PPE demand. Promotional products distributors however say the shortages have not necessarily affected their own businesses. 

As coronavirus cases in the U.S continue to surge and the overall case count creeps toward 10 million, many healthcare facilities are [more read]

posted November 14, 2020

3M expands production of N95 masks, adds two buildings at Aberdeen location

The 3M facility will be adding 120,000 square feet to expand production of N95 masks, thank to grants issued by U.S. Department of Defense contracts to further expand its U.S. production of N95 respirators.

3M Aberdeen announces expansion to make more N95 masks

Aberdeen's 3M facility will be adding 120,000 square feet to expand production of N95 masks.

The expansion is needed because 3M was awarded two U.S. Department of Defense contracts to further expand its U.S. production of N95 respirators.

Those new contracts mean, in part, the construction of two new wings creating a combined 120,000-square-foot expansion to its Aberdeen plant, according to a news release from the company [read more]

October 27, 2020

3M is making more N95 masks than ever as global Covid cases rise, CEO says

• “We are making more N95 respirators than ever and we’ll continue to add some capacity as we go into the end of the year, into next year,” 3M Chairman and CEO Mike Roman told CNBC.
• Roman’s comments come as coronavirus cases intensify in parts of the world, including the U.S.
• 3M continues to focus its new supply of N95s toward health-care workers and other first responders, Roman said...[read more]

September 21, 2020

N95 masks save lives. So why are they still hard to get this far into a pandemic?

BALTIMORE — The patient exhaled. She lifted her tongue for a thermometer. She raised her finger for a blood sugar test, and that’s when she started coughing. One cough can send 3,000 droplets into the air, one droplet can contain [read more]

September 11, 2020

The upcoming nitrile glove shortage could be way worse than the mask shortage

Gloves aren't as widely used, but are just as essential -- and far harder to manufacture.  

In the face of the Covid-19 pandemic, a nitrile glove shortage may not seem as dire as a mask shortage. After all, no virus can “drill through the skin on your hand,” and masks are still the best safety precaution for most people.

However, these gloves are still a necessity for medical professionals, tattoo artists, food servers, and mechanics. Plus, they have various at-home uses including gardening, cleaning, and safety precautions for the immunocompromised. Right now, our supplies are dwindling -- and the United States currently has no domestic manufacturers [read more]

~ by Joshua Sargent 

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