Health-care facilities have been pressed to secure personal protective equipment for front-line workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. To help meet this urgent need, the University of Toronto has created a multi-disciplinary research team drawing from their pool of diverse expertise to help produce ventilators, masks and face shields for hospitals.
Led by researchers from different faculties at the University of Toronto, the Toronto Emergency Device Accelerator (TEDA) initiative is connecting with local health-care partners including Toronto General Hospital, the Hospital for Sick Children, and the Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, to address supply requests.
TEDA is retooling its range of equipment, such as 3D printers, water jets, and a laser cutter to produce face shields, masks, and assisted bag ventilator devices. The researchers are also including user-friendly guidelines to ensure the correct and safe use of the materials. The team has already committed to producing 3,000 face shields for the hospitals.
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