Coronavirus: CT Tries To Jumpstart PPE Production At Home

CONNECTICUT — Gov. Ned Lamont announced a new partnership between the Connecticut Business and Industry Association (CBIA) and its affiliate CONNSTEP in an effort that will facilitate collaboration between the state’s manufacturers that are retooling their operations to make critically needed medical equipment and supplies, and the health care institutions that are experiencing specific shortages.

The effort is focused on using manufacturers as non-traditional sources to meet needs that currently can’t be met in the market, which has become overwhelmed as global demand has dramatically increased.

Through the creation of a new website by CONNSTEP – www.ctcovidresponse.org – manufacturers will be able to obtain information on the current supply needs in Connecticut, make connections with suppliers, and ultimately provide the products to health care institutions. The Connecticut Department of Administrative Services has a purchasing team that is generating and following sourcing leads for traditional manufacturers, distributors, and other sources.

The initiative is a collaborative project between CONNSTEP, CBIA, the Connecticut Department of Administrative Services, the state’s Chief Manufacturing Officer, the Connecticut Hospital Association, and others.

On the website it asks if you are in a position to make products first line responders may need to battle the coronavirus. It also allows people to make request for PPE as well.

The new initiative is aimed to assist and bring much-needed PPE to "medical and healthcare workers, including hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, community centers, and first responders such as firefighters, police officers, and EMTs."

>>>You can go directly to the new website here.