NIOSH PPE Tracker

By Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

NIOSH PPE Tracker

To assist healthcare and non-healthcare amenities (e.g., correctional facilities) in planning and optimizing using PPE sources for the response to coronavirus illness 2019 (COVID-19), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has developed the NIOSH Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Tracker. This device can be used for planning PPE use outside the context of COVID-19, the place PPE shortages can also happen due to provide chain points related to the COVID-19 response (e.g., manufacturing facilities).

The NIOSH PPE Tracker app will calculate the average consumption price, also referred to as a “burn fee.” Healthcare personnel or facilities can use this app to trace the variety of full boxes of every element of PPE that they have in inventory, similar to gowns or respirators. They can enter these numbers to estimate the remaining provide of PPE based on the typical consumption fee. Users of this device also can enter the number of patients at their facility. The app will calculate the PPE burn price per affected person to help healthcare personnel observe changes in PPE usage because the number of sufferers being cared for fluctuates. Based on the PPE Burn Rate Calculator Excel spreadsheet, the app options a number of enhancements, together with an easy-to-use interface and the flexibility to add restock.

• This easy-to-use device tracks various sorts of PPE, corresponding to gowns, gloves, surgical masks, respirators, face shields, and extra.

• Track inventory by number of boxes or number of individual items.

• Add restock when calculating inventory totals.

• Calculate burn price by sort of PPE (such as gloves) and for particular items (such as small gloves).

• Calculate PPE burn rate by the variety of patients being treated and observe adjustments in PPE usage because the variety of sufferers fluctuates.

• Download stock and burn fee information and share reports by way of email.

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