Top hospital braces for coronavirus pandemic with secret warehouse full of emergency supplies.
"Certain drugs don't have alternatives," he said."And when we face a drug shortage of critical medications, that really threatens patient care."
due to contamination. And most recently, nearly 9.1 million surgical gowns were recalled because of quality concerns.news release "We need the cooperation of the drug companies in order to obtain accurate information as we proactively take steps to mitigate drug shortages, and companies will be less willing to provide this voluntary information if they cannot trust FDA not to disclose commercial confidential information such as drug names, company names or exact location of facilities," an FDA spokesperson said in a statement to NBC News.
Mass General has made its staff aware of the need to conserve resources. Inside one of the hospital's supply closets, several laminated pink signs remind employees to grab only one box of N95 masks per request. As it is, he said, the medical center considers itself lucky given that smaller hospitals may struggle with fewer resources.While Mass General says it has not yet had a patient with coronavirus, the hospital's emergency response team — made up of physicians, nurses, support services and security — meets daily to assess the situation.
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