April 16, 2020

NIH says researchers have confirmed there are ways to decontaminate N95 masks so they can be reused

The New York Times (4/16, Gorman) reports the NIH announced that “researchers have confirmed that there are several effective methods for decontaminating the N95 masks worn by health professionals so that they can be used more than once.” The NIH publicized the research, which was posted on medRxiv.

March 20, 2020

COVID-19 Resources

At this time, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) is monitoring a rapidly emerging outbreak of COVID-19. The SCMA is participating on calls with DHEC and the South Carolina Hospital Association (SCHA) regularly and will send out additional emails as the COVID-19 issue develops. Below are state and federal resources to prepare for a patient who presents with COVID-19, as well as updated information from our March 3rd email compiling state and federal resources to facilitate finding answers on COVID-19.