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![A medical assistant working at a drive-up coronavirus testing clinic wears an N95 mask](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ap22005029205492_custom-8815489fa247f709b2e92c0df5d6fce3579edfbb-scaled-e1643213041139-900x422.jpg)
States are trashing troves of masks and pandemic gear as costly stockpiles linger and expire
By: Jennifer Peltz | David A. Lieb | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — When the coronavirus pandemic took hold in an unprepared U.S., many states like Ohio scrambled for masks and other protective gear. Supplies were so limited in… Read More
![Earlier this year, Monster City Studios, a company that normally makes amusement park and movie props, pivoted to manufacturing MCS face shields with forehead protection. It was one of many small companies to make the switch.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/gettyimages-1215840937-65a449a307422f0466adc1038b71ab8d3e93e331-scaled-e1600348679218-900x422.jpg)
6 Months Into Pandemic, PPE Shortages Persist
By: Joel Rose | NPR
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There’s just not enough PPE to satisfy demand. Medics are re-using masks and small practices can’t even find supplies they can afford. Some domestic manufacturers could help, but it’s a risky move.
![PPE and medical supplies are piled up at a wing at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston. Demand for such equipment has remained high months into the pandemic.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ppe-2-cea4a853ffdd9aead6a7eff44c2bfb354551e32b-scaled-e1597850795737-900x422.jpg)
Masks And Protective Gear Are Still Hard To Get — Especially For Small Buyers
By: Joel Rose | NPR
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Just like in March, when coronavirus cases spiked for the first time, some workers and employers across the country face PPE shortages. Masks, gloves, gowns and other equipment are scarce.
![Battelle employees process N-95 masks in the Critical Care Decontamination System.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/decontaminated_ppe-e1585575862899-900x422.jpg)
State Seeks To Build Up PPE Supply With Grant Program
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The state is pumping millions of dollars into the production of more person protective equipment to help people prevent the spread of the coronavirus, which… Read More
![Dr. Lijing Yang, a professor at Ohio University, displays some of the masks she and the PPE for Athens Task Force purchased from China to donate to Athens County health officials.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/dr-yang-1-900x422.jpg)
Ohio University Community Connects Across Continents To Provide PPE For Athens
By: Michelle Rotuno-Johnson
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) –A group of Chinese and Taiwanese staff members at Ohio University started a task force to supply local healthcare workers with personal protective equipment (PPE) during the… Read More
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DeWine: State Still Working to Gather Personal Protective Equipment
By: Jason Saul | WYSO
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WYSO) — At his press conference on Wednesday, Governor Mike DeWine made a public plea to Ohio’s hospitals, asking them to save their N95 protective masks so they… Read More
![Dr. Amy Acton stands at the podium flanked by Gov. Mike DeWine and Lt. Gov. Jon Husted](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/amy_acton_030920_-_chow-e1584630417821-900x422.jpg)
Ohio Gets Medical Supplies from Feds, but Says They Won’t be Enough
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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Ohio has gotten all that it’s likely to get from the National Strategic Stockpile of medical supplies – a plane dropped off gowns, gloves, coveralls, face shields, surgical masks and… Read More
![Battelle employees process N-95 masks in the Critical Care Decontamination System.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/decontaminated_ppe-e1585575862899-900x422.jpg)
FDA Grants Battelle Request to Sterilize 80,000 N-95 Masks Per Machine Per Day
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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The Food and Drug Administration has given the go-ahead to Columbus-based Battelle for its full request to sterilize 80,000 N-95 surgical masks per machine per day, after issuing a letter earlier in… Read More
![Gov. Mike DeWine and Dr. Amy Acton holds up a list of the items Ohio needs most.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/screen_shot_2020-03-28_at_6.26.26_pm-e1585497326738-900x422.png)
DeWine Calls for Help Building Up Personal Protection Equipment
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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The state is working on building up medical capacity for when the coronavirus is expected to hit its peak, now predicted for mid-May. The state has said there could be… Read More