claim: who is issuing this guidance to provide a policy to help expand the availability of general use face masks for the general public and particulate filtering facepiece respirators.
evidence_1: the guidance states the fda is looking to expand the availability of general use face masks for the general public and particulate filtering facepiece respirators for hcps during this emergency.", "the recent guidance reflects how the fda is adapting to the covid-19 emergency.", "fda is committed to providing timely guidance to support response efforts to this pandemic.", "second, to facilitate the safe reuse and conservation of ppe for a medical purpose, fda expressed interest in interacting with manufacturers on the decontamination of otherwise disposable face masks and filtering facepiece respirators to facilitate marketing authorization through an emergency use authorization (eua) for new decontamination devices."
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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