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The President’s Executive Order appropriately places the federal government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic on par with our national defense. Hospitals and non-acute providers are in dire need of personal protective equipment (PPE). Even our largest health systems that previously had 12 months of PPE stockpiled are now down to less than four weeks of supply with increased utilization. Today’s Department of Defense announcement making 5 million additional masks available will serve as an interim solution, but the reality is that we do not believe there is more than four weeks of inventory available on US soil at this time to sustain the current utilization in hospitals.
Accordingly, we applaud the President for expanding on actions taken by the White House last week to bolster the supply of respirators. Today’s Executive Order takes critical steps to ensure our health system’s readiness by placing equal urgency on all medical supplies, resources and services. Premier looks forward to continuing to work with the Administration in implementing today’s Executive Order.
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