“…These resources use average consumption of PPE to estimate future use, relying on a number of assumptions around disease burden stability. Other simulation models to predict the consumption of PPE, developed concurrently to our own, generate outputs for a hospital, including inpatient and ICU patients 16,17 . Although these models could be modified to focus exclusively on ED PPE consumption, neither could be used to predict PPE consumption based on the most restrictive strategies for PPE used in our setting.…”