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Should local public health agencies purchase supplies of respirators or masks for use by the general public?

April 26, 2017agencies local Masks public Public Health purchase respirators

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Should local public health agencies purchase supplies of respirators or masks for use by the general public?

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No. You should not purchase these items for the general public. Consider having these items on hand only at mass clinics or local public health agencies where members of the general public may present with signs and symptoms of communicable diseases.