There is a lot of confusion around personal protective equipment (PPE) so we gathered some resources for you.

The CDC recommends wearing cloth face coverings in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain (e.g., grocery stores and pharmacies), especially in areas of significant community-based transmission. According to the CDC, cloth face coverings fashioned from household items or made at home from common materials at low cost can be used as an additional, voluntary public health measure.

Cloth face coverings should not be placed on young children under age 2, anyone who has trouble breathing, or is unconscious, incapacitated or otherwise unable to remove the mask without assistance.

The cloth face coverings recommended are not surgical masks or N-95 respirators. Those are critical supplies that must continue to be reserved for healthcare workers and other medical first responders, as recommended by current CDC guidance.

CDC Cloth Face Guidelines and sew and no-sew instructions can be found here.

Quick Cut T-shirt Face Covering (no sew method)

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CDC Infographic:
SEQUENCE FOR PUTTING ON PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE)

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glove donning/doffing:

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mask donning/doffing:



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PPE donning/doffing



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Other information related to COVID-19 can be found here.