Summarizes presentations from the 2019 workshop of the National Academies. Discussions included colliding epidemics, research on associations between infectious and noncommunicable diseases. Also examined convergence and the integration of health care delivery models.
Examines elastomeric use on a routine basis and during an influenza pandemic or other large aerosol-transmissible outbreak, when demand for respiratory protective devices by health care personnel may be larger than supplies; also addresses issues regarding emergency stockpile management.
