Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is crucial in helping to protect individuals that are exposing themselves to the virus daily, as they work relentlessly to save lives and care for the seriously ill. It is vital that any available equipment is directed to those that really need it. Various schools, departments and individuals across the University […]
Falmouth University’s Fashion and Textiles Institute is supporting our NHS workers during the COVID-19 pandemic by producing items of PPE. The team is collaborating with Cornwall Scrubs to produce NHS-standard scrubs for frontline staff in hospitals in the county. Head of Fashion & Textiles, John Boddy said, “We are really thrilled to be supporting Cornwall […]
Goldsmiths, University of London staff have set up 3D printing production stations in their kitchens as part of a national campaign to provide health and social care workers with thousands of new face masks. Dr Theo Papatheodorou printing face guards at home Academics from the Department of Computing are printing protective plastic face shields under […]
A student at Leeds Beckett University has created face shields to protect front-line NHS healthcare workers as they treat coronavirus patients – using a 3D printer. Taylor Overton-Barrett’s team has already made and donated hundreds of free masks to care homes, GPs, pharmacies, medical centres, paramedics and nurses. The third-year LBU student found a design […]
A team of technical staff at the University of Hertfordshire has produced a batch of hand sanitiser to bolster NHS and social care supplies. The sanitiser has been donated to the Hertfordshire County Council team coordinating the COVID-19 response effort and will be used to help keep key workers safe during the pandemic. The idea […]
University of Bath engineers have thanked businesses and local people for helping their effort to donate protective face shields to staff at the Royal United Hospitals Bath (RUH). A team from across the University and based within the Faculty of Engineering & Design have now handed over more than 5,000 face shields, having set up […]
Universities in Nottingham are helping to protect scientists testing for COVID-19, by providing the Government with essential safety cabinets. <!– –> NTU Technical Specialist Georgina Bradshaw prepares one of the cabinets for collection The Category 2 Cell Culture Cabinets will provide a highly controlled environment to protect skilled scientists, who are also needed to carry […]
Engineers from the University of Sheffield are responding to a national call for help in the fight against coronavirus by 3D printing face shields for doctors and healthcare workers. The response, led by Dr Pete Mylon from the University’s Faculty of Engineering, is utilising the world class engineering facilities in the University’s Diamond building to […]
Buckinghamshire New University is giving around 13,500 items of much-needed personal protective equipment (PPE) to the NHS to protect staff on the front-line. This is just one of a series of measures to support the nationwide effort that the High Wycombe university has put in place. It has also written an open letter to landlords […]
Engineers from the University of Sheffield are responding to a national call for help in the fight against coronavirus by 3D printing face shields for doctors and healthcare workers.The response, led by Dr Pete Mylon from the University’s Faculty of Engineering, is utilising the world class engineering facilities in the University’s Diamond building to rapidly […]
