Novel combined shield design for eye and face protection from COVID-19
| Autor: | Xiu-Mei Wang, Xiu-Ling Huang, Yu-Xiang Sun, Shui-Miao Du, Zi-Kai Hua, Yi-Wen Chen, Jin-Rong Yang |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Face shield
business.product_category Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Polymers and Plastics Three-dimensional (3D) printing Mechanical Engineering Face (sociological concept) COVID-19 Computer security computer.software_genre World health Article Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Crowds Mechanics of Materials Shield Business Goggles Inefficiency Personal protective equipment computer |
| Zdroj: | Advances in Manufacturing |
| ISSN: | 2195-3597 2095-3127 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s40436-020-00333-y |
| Popis: | 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 paper, 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. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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