Personal Protective Equipment: Orthopaedic Surgeons Face Ongoing Supply Chain Crisis
Many individuals demonstrated not only altruism but also innovation to help manage a shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) during the height of the COVID-19 crisis, a few of whom are highlighted below. PPE can include cloth masks, made of woven fabric, often of natural fibers such as cotton; medical/surgical masks with nonwoven fabric, often of manufactured fibers such as polypropylene; and respirators such as N95s and, in Europe, FFP2, which are made of even more tightly meshed polypropylene, which can exclude viral particles.
