CONWAY — Among efforts at Memorial Hospital to prepare for a surge in COVID-19 patients, the staff has been assessing its stock of personal protective equipment and trying to find ways to augmente it.
When a doctor, nurse or EMT interacts with someone who has a dangerous infectious disease like COVID-19, they wear gowns, gloves, face masks and other equipment. Some of that PPE — personal protective equipment — can be washed and reused. Other pieces can only be used once.
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