--- title: "Top 4 Eye-Opening COVID-19 Stats for Healthcare Providers: And How NEW PPE Can Reduce the Risk" description: "Top 4 Eye-Opening COVID-19 Stats for Healthcare Providers: And How NEW PPE, the COVAIRE drape, Can Reduce the Risk" image: https://www.encompassgroup.com/hubfs/covaire%20screenshot-1.png --- [Encompass Group, LLC encompass-logo ](https://www.encompassgroup.com/) ***Search on website* [login/](http://www.encompassgroup.net/myencompass/login/)[register](http://www.encompassgroup.net/myencompass/login/) This is a search field with an auto-suggest feature attached. - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. ![Blog_1](https://www.encompassgroup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_1.jpg?width=1920&name=Blog_1.jpg "Blog_1") # Top 4 Eye-Opening COVID-19 Stats for Healthcare Providers: And How NEW PPE Can Reduce the Risk - [Home](https://www.encompassgroup.com/) - [Blog ](https://www.encompassgroup.com/blog) - Top 4 Eye-Opening COVID-19 Stats for Healthcare Providers: And How NEW PPE Can Reduce the Risk [![Share on Facebook](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/facebook-24x24.png)](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.encompassgroup.com%2Fblog%2Ftop-4-eye-opening-covid-19-stats-for-healthcare-providers-and-how-new-ppe-can-reduce-the-risk%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dfacebook) [![Share on LinkedIn](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/linkedin-24x24.png)](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.encompassgroup.com%2Fblog%2Ftop-4-eye-opening-covid-19-stats-for-healthcare-providers-and-how-new-ppe-can-reduce-the-risk%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dlinkedin) [![Share on Twitter](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/twitter-24x24.png)](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.encompassgroup.com%2Fblog%2Ftop-4-eye-opening-covid-19-stats-for-healthcare-providers-and-how-new-ppe-can-reduce-the-risk%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dtwitter&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.encompassgroup.com%2Fblog%2Ftop-4-eye-opening-covid-19-stats-for-healthcare-providers-and-how-new-ppe-can-reduce-the-risk%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dtwitter&source=tweetbutton&text=Top%204%20Eye-Opening%20COVID-19%20Stats%20for%20Healthcare%20Providers%3A%20And%20How%20NEW%20PPE%20Can%20Reduce%20the%20Risk) [![Share on Email](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/email-24x24.png)](mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.encompassgroup.com%2Fblog%2Ftop-4-eye-opening-covid-19-stats-for-healthcare-providers-and-how-new-ppe-can-reduce-the-risk%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Demail%20&body=Check%20out%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.encompassgroup.com%2Fblog%2Ftop-4-eye-opening-covid-19-stats-for-healthcare-providers-and-how-new-ppe-can-reduce-the-risk%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Demail) **3 hours.** That’s how long COVID particles can remain in the air, per the New England Journal of Medicine. **10.7%.** That’s how many providers have tested positive for COVID-19 or developed symptoms requiring self-isolation following intubation of a patient with a known or suspected COVID-19 infection, according to the American College of Radiology. **1,000+.** That’s the number Becker’s Hospital Review reports on how many U.S. healthcare workers have died of COVID-19 as of October 2020. **57.** Of those deaths, that’s how many providers had inadequate PPE to protect them from COVID transmission. We need to do better for our providers. It is clear that masks, gloves, and gowns are not enough to stop the transmission of COVID. This is especially true during higher-risk situations like performing an intubation on a patient. As one of the world’s leading manufacturers of single-use medical supplies, we decided to make an additional layer of personal protection equipment to help further protect providers. It’s called COVAIRE, and it is a 2mm sheet of polyethylene film that drapes over a patient during any aerosol-generating procedure.   It’s designed to be quick, easy, and inexpensive--but highly effective. We pledge to make it widely available so as many healthcare providers as possible have access to it. With more coronavirus cases on the rise as the autumn of 2020 turns to winter, emergency rooms across the U.S. are girding for potential surges of new cases. One thing that health organizations do not want to repeat from the first wave of the pandemic is any form of PPE shortage. While some concerns about PPE supplies remain, hospitals are saying they are better prepared than they were this spring to equip their medical staff for a new surge. Beyond that attainable goal, however, is a new one: redefining the standard of protection and making PPE gloves, masks, shields, and gowns - better and more effective by adding new forms of protection to the toolkit. With the added risk posed by the airborne coronavirus, higher-touch health care, especially during and after aerosol-generating procedure. COVAIRE is rewriting the PPE checklist for healthcare providers and redefining the standard of protection. COVAIRE is not just for emergency rooms, but is also essential PPE for operating rooms and any clinic that performs aerosol-generating procedures such as intubation, extubation, TEE, CPR, and EGD. Find out more about COVAIRE, including how to get it for your organization, at [https://www.encompassgroup.com/covaire-2020 ](https://www.encompassgroup.com/covaire-2020)or call 1-800-284-4540. [Infection Prevention](https://www.encompassgroup.com/blog/tag/infection-prevention) [Kristy Warren](https://www.encompassgroup.com/blog/author/kristy-warren) Kristy Warren is the Clinical Resource Director for Encompass Group. 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