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A Novel Combinatorial Shield Design for Eye and Face Protection in COVID-19
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Research Square Platform LLC, 2020.
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Abstract
- The World Health Organization emphasized the importance of goggles and face shields for protection of medical personnel at the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Unsurprisingly, almost all countries suffered from a critical supply shortage of goggles and face shields, as well as many other types of personal protective equipment (PPE), for a long period, owing to the lack of key medical material supplies and the inefficiency of existing fabrication methods arising from the need to avoid crowds during the outbreak of COVID-19. In this context, we propose a novel combined shield design for eye and face protection that can be rapidly fabricated using three-dimensional printing technology. The designed prototype eye–face shield is accessible to the general public , offering more possibilities for yield improvement in PPE during emergent infectious disease events such as COVID-19.
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- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........5cfeda561824fb9035c8de8f27be1d2c