The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing home health care agencies to be more creative in trying to obtain the PPE they need for their staff, and that is a hard task as scammers and price gougers are trying to take advantage of their needs.
“In the home- and community-based setting, access to personal protective equipment is one of the biggest challenges that we have had to deal with from the onset of the COVID-19 crisis,” Jennifer Sheets, president and CEO of Caring Brands International and Interim HealthCare Inc., told Home Health Care News. “It continues to be the biggest challenge that we are seeing, as far as being able to pull patients out of the hospitals or divert them from the ER.”
The concern for home health agencies will be over-charged, scammed or sold fake goods, agencies are working diligently to ensure the safety of their staff and patients.
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