吉姆·菲利普斯（Jim Phillips），纱线市场编辑
m任何纺纱厂和制造商都将继续专注于提供个人保护设备（PPE），以帮助一线医疗人员继续与Covid-19的斗争。
For many companies in the fiber/textile/apparel complex, shifting resources from consumer goods to medical textiles has enabled them to weather the COVID crisis better than many other industries. Yet, even at the furious pace at which new products are manufactured, shortages of critical supplies are still common, and, in some cases, are becoming more severe. Part of the problem rests with limited PPE capacity in the United States and an over-reliance on China to fill the gap.
National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO) President and CEO Kim Glas recently addressed the issue in testimony before the House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee hearing on “Manufacturing and Critical Supply Chains: Lessons From COVID-19.”
“尽管国内纺织品制造商已经采取了英勇的努力来面对持续的危机，但天然PPE行业的开放措施只有在采取适当的政府政策和其他行动来帮助国内制造商生存时，才能实现，并激发长期的长期经济制造商。- 需要将PPE生产带回美国所需的期限投资。”格拉斯说。她概述了政府应采取的政策建议和具体步骤，以满足一线医疗人员，患者和公众的长期和短期需求。
“现在是复兴美国PPE纺织制造业的时间。它已经开始，但是我们处于关键点。如果没有必要的政策响应和支持，我们最近的进展将很快取消，并且在可预见的未来中，中国对全球医疗纺织品供应的束缚将被锁定，没有理由在这里进行投资。”格拉斯说。
“The U.S. textile and apparel industry is ready, willing, and able to supply our country’s PPE needs now and for what lies ahead,” she added.
Reshoring PPE Production
A multi-industry coalition, representing the full spectrum of domestic PPE production released a statement in late July outlining policy principles and objectives needed for reshoring and safeguarding domestic PPE manufacturing.
COVID-19大流行病暴露了PPE供应的严重短缺和对外国食品产品的过度依赖，强调了美国政府激励，支持和维持PPE的国内制造能力的重要性。
协会成员涵盖了美国纺织品，服装和PPE供应链的每个部分，以及代表工人的工会，迅速采取行动以转换制造设施并几乎一夜之间建造供应链，以生产急需的PPE。
21个协会在联合声明中说：“我们团结起来，支持必须采用的重要原则，以满足我们当前的公共卫生需求，并保证我们的国家准备更好地应对未来的紧急情况。”
协会呼吁国会和特朗普政府通过立法，行政命令和其他适当的手段在声明中概述的原则。
短缺可能会继续
在美国有足够的能力提供必要数量的PPE之前，可能会继续定期短缺。一位行业分析师说：“ Covid-19对医疗纺织品供应施加了巨大压力。”“随着流感季节最糟糕的季节，这种情况有可能变得极为关键。我们无法跟上PPE的共同需求。不良流感季节可能是灾难性的。”
冠状病毒病例的最新激增导致PPE需要变得更加至关重要。美国食品药品监督管理局（FDA）于8月14日透露了其第一个清单medical supplies that are in short supply.该机构要求公司报告自《 CARES法》 5月以来的潜在供应中断。
该清单并未透露产品制造商，而是列出了呼吸机，呼吸器，口罩，外科礼服，手套和无菌拭子的供应。截至8月14日，美国有168,000多人死于该病毒及其并发症。约翰·霍普金斯大学. Overall, more than 5.2 million coronavirus cases have been reported in the United States.
The FDA announcement is in sharp contrast to an announcement by President Trump earlier in the day that lauded the work to increase the Strategic National Stockpile’s supply of some of the products that made the FDA list.
“We have tripled the number of N95 masks on hand to over 40 million, tripled the number of gowns to over 15 million and quadrupled the number of ventilators to 69,000,” Trump said during a news briefing.
尽管PPE供应短缺在大流行的早期阶段很常见，但关键供应开始增加。但是，在八月期间，尤其是在早期重新开放或尚未实施严格的面具要求和社会疏远指南的州中的激增。一些医疗设施，尤其是在农村地区，表示他们一直在努力保留任何关键用品清单。
A large national organization that distributes donated equipment, GetUsPPE, said it’s received a massive increase in requests for PPE over the past two months, as the virus walloped the Sun Belt states and spread throughout the country.
There is increasing fear that the PPE shortage will not be temporary. According to守护者，在没有战略政府干预的情况下，个人防护设备和医疗用品的短缺可能会持续多年。
Officials said logistical challenges continue seven months after the coronavirus reached the United States. Although the disarray is not as widespread as it was this spring, hospitals saidrolling shortagesof supplies range from specialized beds to disposable isolation gowns to thermometers.
“A few weeks ago, we were having a very difficult time getting the sanitary wipes. You just couldn’t get them,” Dr. Bernard Klein, chief executive of Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Mission Hills, Calif., told reporters. “We actually had to manufacture our own.”
2020年8月
