The objective of this planned distribution, on a weekly basis, is to speed up the identification of needs for the reinforcement of sanitary material declared by the autonomous communities and cities.
This initiative provides the autonomous communities with advance knowledge of the amounts of material that they will receive periodically and makes an equitable distribution between all of them. In addition, it facilitates the formation of a strategic reserve at the autonomous level, one of the indicators of the capacity of the health system established for the phase step in the Plan for the transition to a new normal. The Government is also forming a strategic reserve at the national level.
This distribution formula continues with the distribution of 3,342,500 type II surgical masks requested by the autonomous communities.
Request and material calculation
On Tuesday of each week, the Autonomous Communities (CCAA) will communicate to the Ministry of Health the amount of material they need. In case of not receiving communication, the calculation of the material to be sent will be carried out based on the data of stocks and weekly consumption declared until the previous Friday, following the procedure established in the Order SND / 234/2020.
This calculation also takes into account the information that the communities transfer about the percentages of consumption that they cover with their purchases and those that require the reinforcement material sent by the Ministry of Health.
The estimation of the quantities is calculated so that the communities can maintain, at least, a stock corresponding to five weeks of consumption. This formula applies, for the moment, to masks and will be extended to other sanitary materials depending on demand.
For his part, the Minister of Health, Salvador Illa, has urged the autonomous communities, within the Interterritorial Council of the National Health System (SNS), to keep active the processes of purchasing medical equipment to meet needs future.
More than 113 million masks
The Government has distributed 113,136,187 masks between the Autonomous Communities and other organizations between March 10 and May 22. In total, the distribution of sanitary material throughout the Spanish territory amounts to 159,079,006 units.
Specifically, in addition to masks, 36,665,736 nitrile gloves, 219,976 protective goggles, 353,433 disposable gowns, 767,791 hydro-alcoholic solutions, 913,951 divers, 4,207 invasive mechanical ventilation devices, 2,694 non-invasive ventilators, 4,700,400 rapid tests have been distributed , 852,024 PCR kits, 552,000 extraction kits, 30,400 swabs and swabs and 880,207 of other types of materials such as tights or aprons.
