Addressing the global challenge of access to supplies during COVID-19: Mask reuse and local production of alcohol-based hand rub

ABSTRACT

The current COVID-19 pandemic has presented unprecedented challenges for health care facilities worldwide. Global production and shipping routes were disrupted, and health care institutions, even in high resource areas, found themselves lacking the basic supplies for effective infection prevention and control. One major hurdle was the global access to supplies, particularly N95/FFP2 masks and alcohol-based hand rub (ABHR) for performing hand hygiene. © 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.