FEMA official said some equipment 'just slipped through the cracks.'
The CDC recommends wearing a cloth face covering in public settings amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.Federal officials are trying to correct errors that resulted in shipments of outdated or impractical equipment to America’s hard-hit nursing homes in the midst of thepandemic, according to an audio recording obtained by ABC News of a call between a top government official and advocates for those in nursing care.
As the head of the coronavirus task force, Vice President Mike Pence plays a supervisory roll in the nursing home relief operation. LeadingAge has written twice to Pence to raise concerns about the shipments. A June 11 letter detailed more than a dozen complaints from nursing homes the organization had documented.
"There’s no cuff," Emswiler said."You have to make your own cuff in the end of the plastic sleeve. You either have to bust through it or cut through it."In response to an inquiry from ABC News, FEMA said all supplies shipped by the agency have met standards outlined by the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation.
Not all recipients were unhappy with the federal shipments, however. Donald R. Kirsch, the administrator at the Good Shepherd Nursing Home in West Virginia, said his facility received high quality surgical masks, gloves and gowns. A nursing home faculty members holds up a gown sent by FEMA to the Los Angeles Jewish Home in California.
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