Wednesday, April 1, 2020

When University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics put out the call for additional face shields this week, the College of Engineering jumped to help out.

The college’s Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering spent the week making more than 1,000 face shields to protect health care workers while they tend to patients who have or are suspected of having the COVID-19 virus. Health care providers around the country are reporting chronic shortages of shields, masks, gowns, and other forms of personal protective equipment (PPE) due to the large numbers of COVID-19 patients they’re seeing.

“We are all very grateful for the commitment and sacrifices being made by our health care colleagues, and hopefully these shields can help make their jobs safer,” says Joe Reinhardt, professor and Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering executive officer. “It’s especially satisfying that we can use our facilities, equipment, and skills to contribute in a small way to fighting this pandemic.”

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