Personal protective equipment stockpile practices: a document and scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To characterize policies and practices for stockpiling personal protective equipment (PPE) as described in the academic literature, cited documents, and the World Health Organization's Joint External Evaluation (JEE) and National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS) reports, and to identify recommendations for future improvement.

Methods

Seven electronic databases were searched using terms related to PPE and stockpiles: ABI/Inform, CINAHL, EconLit, Embase, Engineering Village, PubMed, and Scopus. Documents published January 2015 to November 2024 were included if substantive detail of a PPE stockpile was described. References were then screened. Available JEE (n = 109) and NAPHS (n = 16) reports were reviewed for stockpile descriptions and recommendations.

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SUBMITTER: Walker C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12744811 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature