Face Masks: Shopping in a Pandemic

In Dire Need

Deaconess Hospital in Indiana recently called on home sewers to make washable fabric face masks.

According to the CDC, fabric masks are a crisis response option when other supplies have been exhausted. Prior to modern disposable masks, washable fabric masks were standard use for hospitals, said Dawn Rogers, MSN, RN, FNP-C, Patient Safety & Infection Prevention Office.  We will be able to sterilize these masks and use them repeatedly as needed.  While its less than ideal, we...