Emergency Use Authorization: Face Masks

Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Published: 4/18/2020. This six-page document details how the emergency use of face masks by the general public and healthcare workers, in accordance with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations, as personal protective equipment to help prevent spread of the virus during the COVID-19 pandemic meets the criteria for issuance of an Emergency Use Authorization. (PDF)

https://disasterinfo.nlm.nih.gov/search/id:21850

Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - April 18, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news