EssenFlow Associate Partner
Feb. 2020 - Jul. 2022Los Angeles, California, United StatesWe specialize in Personal Protective Equipment Supplies since the start of pandemic. The Global PPE market is projected to reach 92.8B USD by 2027 (currently at $20B). Recent statistics (October 27, 2020). Seven months into this pandemic, PPE shortages have become much worse, according to “Nursing home safety during COVID: PPE shortages,” a report by the U.S. PIRG Education Fund and Frontier Group. Our analysis of data submitted to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services by the nation’s 15,000 nursing homes shows: • There were 226,495 residents at risk in August because they were in homes that were out of or were dangerously low on one or more types of PPE such as N95 masks, gowns or hand sanitizer. • Eight percent of nursing homes were completely out of one or more types of PPE in late August; 20 percent of facilities had less than a one-week supply of one or more types of PPE, which represents a critical shortage by industry standards. • In May, 2 to 4 percent of homes were totally out of N95 masks, surgical masks, gowns and eye protection. That improved in June, but shortages started soaring in mid-July and more than tripled by late August. • In 20 states, at least 20 percent of nursing homes were out of or critically low on N95 masks in August. At least 10 percent of homes were out of or critically low on gowns in 26 states.