CDC Increases Supply of PPE for U.S. Hospitals

The equipment is Ebola-specific and is based on guidance CDC issued on Oct. 20.

  • Nov 11, 2014

The CDC has ordered $2.7 million worth of PPE to increase Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) supplies to assist U.S. hospitals caring for Ebola patients. Products are being configured into 50 kits that can be rapidly delivered to hospitals. Each kit can provide the PPE needed by clinical teams to manage the care of one Ebola patient for up to five days.

Purchases are based on PPE guidance for caring for Ebola patients that was issued by the CDC on October 20. As product is delivered to SNS facilities, it is assembled into kits by SNS personnel. The kits can be rapidly delivered from the SNS as requested to those hospitals that receive suspected or confirmed Ebola cases but may need additional PPE supplies that otherwise are not immediately available.

"We are making certain to not disrupt the orders submitted by states and hospitals, but we are building our stocks so that we can assist when needed. Some of these products are not normally used by hospitals for regular patient care," said Greg Burel, director of CDC's Division of Strategic National Stockpile.

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