The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is reassuring the public it’s not rationing personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline health-care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. “We are looking at how we ensure that we are keeping the supplies safe, ensuring that they’re used appropriately, but we’re not rationing,” SHA CEO Scott Livingstone said.
Livingstone said he is aware of one case of rationing on the emergency floor of the Regina General Hospital. He said a manager was limiting PPE masks to two per worker each shift, but noted the SHA did not give that direction.
Like other provinces across the country, PPE is hard to maintain, according to the SHA. A task force is set up to determine best practices when using PPE to make sure