University of Chicago surgeons have been using the new Medically Necessary Time-Sensitive Prioritization process for about two weeks, and have increased the number of medically necessary, time-sensitive operations to about 15 per day.

Single Use N95 respirators are disposable filtering face pieces covering the mouth, nose and chin that capture airborne particles from the air on the filter. They are considered single use medical devices because scientific evidence

The FDA has given emergency use authorization to Stryker for its Sterizone VP4 sterilizer that can decontaminate approximately 20 N95 respirators or similar masks per cycle.

The Supply Chain Stabilization Task Force is executing a whole-of-America approach to address limited supply of critical protective and life-saving equipment. Through a four-prong approach of Preservation, Acceleration, Expansion and Allocation, the Federal Emergency Management