3 more innovations in PPE
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3 more innovations in PPE
1 | 3D printing 3D printing has emerged as a solution to address issues with the supply chain , by printing face shields , goggles , ventilator parts as well as testing swabs . Check out our January issue for two leading examples in this field .
2 | Antimicrobial woven textiles Scientific experts Sciessent have created Agion ®, an antimicrobial solution that can be applied to knit or woven medical textiles as a finish . In lab tests Agion was 99.99 per cent effective at destroying SARS-CoV-2 in just five minutes , and maintained this efficacy even after 20 washes .
3 | Nanobody nasal spray Researchers from the University of California San Francisco are confident they ' ve developed a nasal spray that can kill the virus , by stimulating nanobodies that disable the distinctive spikes SARS- CoV-2 uses to infect cells . Further clinical tests of ' AeroNabs ', as the researchers have named it , will reveal if spraying it twice daily can stop people becoming ill . hot environments and when worn for long periods of time .
A joint study from the Centers for Disease Control ( CDC ) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health ( NIOSH ) found that neck gaiters could be just as effective as cloth or surgical masks in preventing the spread of aerosol particles that spread the virus .
Researchers used a cough aerosol simulator to propel small aerosol particles to various types of face covering . They found that an N95 respirator blocked 99 per cent of the cough aerosol , a medical grade procedure
108 April 2021