Catheter shortage boosts work, and risk, for respiratory therapists - STAT

Catheter shortage boosts work, and risk, for respiratory therapists - STAT

For respiratory therapists, a shortage of a simple tube brings a new coronavirus risk

By ERIC BOODMAN

PAT GREENHOUSE/THE BOSTON GLOBE

The change to single-use catheters heightened respiratory therapists' concerns about their own safety and added a few more steps to their 12-hour days.

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