Online inventory aims to improve access to critical equipment

During a White House meeting this week, leaders from the American Hospital Association (AHA) and several hospitals and health systems announced the creation of the Dynamic Ventilator Reserve, an online inventory of ventilators and associated supplies, such as tubing and filters. This voluntary effort is intended to help get ventilators to the areas where they are needed most in the fight against COVID-19. Hospitals and health systems that have equipment to lend will log this information in the database; institutions seeking equipment can consult the inventory as their need for ventilators arises. (AHA News story, 4/14/20)