COVID-19 - Development of resilient design and manufacturing strategy for reusable personal protective equipment

COVID-19 - 开发可重复使用个人防护设备的弹性设计和制造策略

• 批准号: 552989-2020
• 负责人: Ahmadi, Ali
• 金额: $ 3.64万
• 依托单位: University of Prince Edward Island
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Alliance Grants
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2020-01-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=702987
• 关键词: COVID; 19; Development; resilient; design

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to escalate, the global shortage of crucial PPE such as FFRs has been detrimental to frontline healthcare professionals that work directly with sickened individuals, resulting in an increased risk of viral transmission between care providers and their patients. This inability to source crucial PPE highlights the need for Canada to establish its own independent supply chains to circumvent global limitations of PPE in severe times of need. Risks to the supply of PPE include the procurement of raw material, manufacturing capacity, and distribution to health care providers and emergency personnel. By creating its own reliable and secure supply platforms, Canada will be able to provide its frontline workers with a constant source of the proper PPE needed to perform vital health- and care-giving tasks during a pandemic. With the support of Department of Health and Wellness (DHW) in the province of Prince Edward Island (PEI), the goals of this partnership are to work with Topdog Manufacturing (TDM), a company based in PEI, to develop a resilient design and manufacturing strategy for reusable PPE. This strategy will recognize the need for flexible manufacturing, allowing for the rapid production of tooling as well as customization for locally available manufacturing processes and materials. The potential outcomes and impacts of this partnership include: - Increasing the manufacturing capacity in PEI and Canada for rapid and urgent development of PPE; - Addressing the need for protective masks in an extreme shortage in PEI and Canada, and therefore protecting the frontline health and essential workers.

随着 COVID-19 大流行持续升级，FFR 等关键个人防护装备的全球短缺对直接与病人打交道的一线医疗保健专业人员来说是不利的，导致护理人员与其患者之间病毒传播的风险增加。无法采购关键的个人防护装备凸显了加拿大需要建立自己的独立供应链，以在紧急时期规避全球个人防护装备的限制。个人防护装备供应的风险包括原材料采购、制造能力以及向医疗保健提供者和急救人员的分配。通过创建自己可靠且安全的供应平台，加拿大将能够为其一线工作人员提供持续的适当个人防护装备来源，以在大流行期间执行重要的健康和护理任务。 在爱德华王子岛 (PEI) 省健康与保健部 (DHW) 的支持下，此次合作的目标是与位于爱德华王子岛 (PEI) 的 Topdog Manufacturing (TDM) 公司合作，开发弹性设计和可重复使用的个人防护装备的制造策略。该战略将认识到对灵活制造的需求，允许快速生产工具以及针对本地可用的制造工艺和材料进行定制。 这种伙伴关系的潜在成果和影响包括： - 提高爱德华王子岛和加拿大的制造能力，以实现个人防护装备的快速和紧急发展； - 解决爱德华王子岛和加拿大对防护口罩极度短缺的需求，从而保护一线健康人员和重要工作人员。