The editors of JAMA recognize the challenges, concerns, and frustration about the shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) that is affecting the care of patients and safety of health care workers in the US and around the world. We seek creative immediate solutions for how to maximize the use of PPE, to conserve the supply of PPE, and to identify new sources of PPE. We are interested in suggestions, recommendations, and potential actions from individuals who have relevant experience, especially from physicians, other health care professionals, and administrators in hospitals and other clinical settings. JAMA is inviting immediate suggestions, which can be added as online comments to this article.

Note: The online version displays comments from the initial publication. It is now closed to new comments and suggestions.

Back to top Article Information

Corresponding Author: Howard Bauchner, MD (howard.bauchner@jamanetwork.org).

Published Online: March 20, 2020. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.4770

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.