Novel combined shield design for eye and face protection from COVID-19

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...

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Published in:Advances in manufacturing 2021, Vol.9 (1), p.130-135
Main Authors: Huang, Xiu-Ling, Yang, Jin-Rong, Sun, Yu-Xiang, Chen, Yi-Wen, Wang, Xiu-Mei, Du, Shui-Miao, Hua, Zi-Kai
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Control
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Engineering
Goggles
Infectious diseases
Machines
Manufacturing
Mechatronics
Medical materials
Medical personnel
Nanotechnology and Microengineering
Outbreaks
Personal protective equipment
Processes
Robotics
Shields
Three dimensional printing
Viral diseases
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Summary: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.
ISSN:2095-3127
2195-3597
DOI:10.1007/s40436-020-00333-y