Department of Mechanical Engineering, 1466Johns Hopkins University, Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation, Children's National Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Division of Hospitalist Medicine, Children's National Hospital, Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation, Washington, DC, USA.
Surg Innov. 2021 Apr;28(2):189-197. doi: 10.1177/1553350621999982. Epub 2021 Mar 27.
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected life for everyone, and hospitals, in particular have been hard hit. In this study, we describe our efforts to develop personal protective equipment at a children's hospital early in the pandemic. We convened an innovation working group to organize our efforts and respond to the rapidly changing situation. We describe our work in four areas: (1) plexiglass shields for the emergency department, (2) face shields for clinical providers, (3) breath shields for ophthalmology, and (4) flip-up safety glasses for nurses. The hospital's supply chain is now caught up with addressing many pandemic-related shortages. Nevertheless, through our multidisciplinary approach to reacting to the pandemic's urgent needs, we demonstrated agility to bring stakeholders together to maximize the use of scarce resources and build resiliency. We believe this method can be rapidly replicated as future needs arise.
新冠疫情大流行影响了每个人的生活，尤其是医院受到了严重冲击。在本研究中，我们描述了在疫情早期儿童医院开发个人防护设备所做的努力。我们召集了一个创新工作组来组织我们的工作并应对快速变化的形势。我们在四个方面介绍了我们的工作：（1）急诊部的有机玻璃盾牌，（2）临床医护人员的面罩，（3）眼科用呼吸防护屏，以及（4）护士用翻转式安全眼镜。医院的供应链现已跟上了许多与疫情相关的短缺问题。尽管如此，通过我们对疫情紧急需求的多学科应对方法，我们展示了灵活性，将利益相关者聚集在一起，以最大限度地利用稀缺资源并增强弹性。我们相信，随着未来需求的出现，这种方法可以迅速复制。
