FEMA outlines exportation ban on respirators, surgical gloves
The Federal Emergency Management Agency issued a temporary rule to bar the exportation of some personal protective equipment, including some respirators and surgical masks and gloves. For the duration of the COVID-19 crisis, the following “shall be allocated for domestic use, and may not be exported from the United States” without explicit approval by FEMA:
- N95 and some other filtering facepiece respirators;
- Elastomeric, air-purifying respirators and appropriate particulate filters/cartridges;
- PPE surgical masks; and
- PPE gloves or surgical gloves.
The rule does not apply to powered air-purifying respirators or self-contained breathing apparatus.
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