As hospitals around the world and throughout the country are low on supplies and treatment equipment in the fight against COVID-19, the local hospital Ascension Seton Hays talks about its preparedness and what the community can do to help our local hospitals.
1. Does your facility have enough supplies to protect staff from the spread of COVID-19, such as masks, gloves, hand sanitizer?
At this time, we have adequate equipment and supplies to care for patients. We are taking proactive steps with our distributor and suppliers to ensure access to supplies. We are arranging expedited shipments directly from manufacturers, assessing alternative products and taking advantage of our abilities as a national system to make intra-hospital inventory transfers when appropriate. We have also implemented conservation measures, in anticipation of further supply chain disruption over the coming months due to COVID-19. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) required for patient care is stored in a secure location in each of our hospitals.
