Episode 57: The PPE Debacle During COVID-19 With Priya Sampathkumar

Episode 57: The PPE Debacle During COVID-19 With Priya Sampathkumar

As we continue to cover #COVID-19 pandemic, data were emerging on lack of PPEs to help healthcare workers. Priya Sampathkumar, MD, infectious disease specialist and hospital epidemiologist, Mayo Clinic, breaks down truths and misconceptions of which types of individuals should wear masks in public, proper gown and mask use for health care providers treating and not treating COVID-19, when N95 masks are truly needed and reasons for the potential shortage, and more in this provocative discussion.

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