HHS releases PPE preservation planning toolkit
The Department of Health and Human Services has released a PPE Preservation Planning Toolkit to help organizations implement strategies to preserve personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Planners can use the toolkit to estimate how implementing preservation strategies will affect their PPE burn rate and supply longevity, and to complement other tools for estimating PPE burn rates.
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