National Estimates of Increase in US Mechanical Ventilator Supply During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Despite the unprecedented demand for mechanical ventilators in the US during the COVID-19 pandemic, the last survey of US hospitals occurred in 2010 and estimated approximately 62 000 full-featured ventilators.1 To meet the demand for mechanical ventilation, the federal government invoked the Defense Production Act to partner with manufacturers to purchase as many as 200 000 ventilators of varying functionality across production phases for the US Strategic National Stockpile.2 Many hospitals also purchased additional full-featured ventilators during the pandemic. Therefore, we performed an updated assessment of current ventilators in use at US hospitals to aid with current and future pandemic preparedness and to determine whether any change was correlated with COVID-19 burden.

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