Registered Nurses offering help with ChristianaCare guide cars in line for the drive-through testing for people who have symptoms of coronavirus in a parking lot along Beech Street in Wilmington, Del., on Friday, March 13, 2020. Patients will receive the test results in an estimated two to five days to see if they test positive. TYGER WILLIAMS / STAFF PHOTOGRAP
Hospitals across Pennsylvania are drastically limiting the use of eye protection, gowns, and N95 respirators out of fears that a huge increase in coronavirus cases could diminish reserves and cause shortage, according to a published report.
The report was produced as part of a joint effort between Spotlight PA, PennLive, LNP Media Group, PA Post, and WITF to cover how Pennsylvania state government is responding to the coronavirus.
Hospitals are using “conservation techniques” based on guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the state health department, said Mark Ross, vice president of emergency management at the Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania.
You can read the full report on the PennLive website.
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