{"id":4140,"date":"2020-04-28T06:59:57","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T10:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/?p=4140"},"modified":"2020-06-14T07:12:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-14T11:12:00","slug":"victory-3d-printing-for-health-care-personnel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/?p=4140","title":{"rendered":"Victory 3D Printing for Health Care Personnel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Health care personnel the world over are facing the dangers of a critical shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE)<\/a> during the COVID-19 pandemic. PPE includes items such as isolation gowns, eye protection, face masks, N95 respirators, ventilators, and more. In response to the global supply crisis, agencies like the CDC<\/a> and FDA<\/a> are recommending the use of improvised PPE to fill the gap until official supplies are more readily available.<\/span><\/p>\n

People all around the world are leveraging a wide range of <\/span>tools and <\/span>materials to make improvised PPE<\/span>. <\/span>Academic health sciences libraries with makerspaces are particularly suited to contribute to th<\/span>is<\/span> effort. <\/span>Not only are such libraries likely to have 3D printers<\/span> and other fabrication tools<\/span>, they are also likely to have a connection to the <\/span>front lines of local responses to public health crises.<\/span><\/p>\n

The University of Maryland Health Sciences & Human Services Library<\/span> (HSHSL)<\/span> has been contributing 3D printed parts for <\/span>various<\/span> local <\/span>PPE needs<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n