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=COVID-19 Personal Protective Equipment= | |||
=Basics= | |||
*During the First Outbreak (Which as of this being current is still happening) there has been a shortage in people, and supplies for response to [[COVID-19]] | |||
*This is largely due to countries being un prepared both in supplies, but also in [[Pandemic Control Measures]] | |||
*This page goes over the hard data of these shortages in order tom facilitate the organisation of OSE and other groups' efforts to alleviate this shortage | |||
=Personal Protective Equipment= | |||
Source - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YpB53daXthinJ1sxzGsYlp14eZ5PTyIXpR2R1385CCI/edit#heading=h.oxud8i9nd6h9] | |||
*3.5 billion N95 masks may be needed over 1 year | *3.5 billion N95 masks may be needed over 1 year | ||
*3M produces 35 million per month, or 420M per year - about 1/10 the need | *3M produces 35 million per month, or 420M per year - about 1/10 the need | ||
*'''There is a dire short supply of N95 masks''' | |||
*'''But do N95 masks protect against COVID?''' - see graphic on particle size and N95 - [https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3065264/china-backs-free-trade-masks-despite-coronavirus-induced]. | |||
*N95 seem to protect against the virus - but they are not recommended for the public because wearing them all day is not possible because it is hard to breathe through them. [https://www.livescience.com/face-mask-new-coronavirus.html] | |||
*[https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/21/short-term-thinking-trump-coronavirus-response-140883 Quote: “They say they don’t have reagents for the diagnostic kits, they don’t have swabs for the kits, they don’t have the N95 masks, they’re running out of gowns and gloves,”] | |||
=Links= | |||
#[[3D Printed Medical Devices]] | |||
#[[3D Printed Equipment Donations]] | |||
#[[GetUsPPE]] and [[COVID Supply Shortages]] | |||
#[[3D Printed Medical Supplies]] | |||
#PAPR - [[Powered Air-Purifying Respirator]] | |||
#[[COVID Supply Shortages]] | |||
Latest revision as of 21:48, 24 March 2020
Basics
- During the First Outbreak (Which as of this being current is still happening) there has been a shortage in people, and supplies for response to COVID-19
- This is largely due to countries being un prepared both in supplies, but also in Pandemic Control Measures
- This page goes over the hard data of these shortages in order tom facilitate the organisation of OSE and other groups' efforts to alleviate this shortage
Personal Protective Equipment
Source - [1]
- 3.5 billion N95 masks may be needed over 1 year
- 3M produces 35 million per month, or 420M per year - about 1/10 the need
- There is a dire short supply of N95 masks
- But do N95 masks protect against COVID? - see graphic on particle size and N95 - [2].
- N95 seem to protect against the virus - but they are not recommended for the public because wearing them all day is not possible because it is hard to breathe through them. [3]