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Helmet Modification to PPE With 3D Printing During the COVID-19 Pandemic at Duke University Medical Center: A Novel Technique.

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Erickson, MM; Richardson, ES; Hernandez, NM; Bobbert, DW; Gall, K; Fearis, P
Published in: J Arthroplasty
July 2020

Care for patients during COVID-19 poses challenges that require the protection of staff with recommendations that health care workers wear at minimum, an N95 mask or equivalent while performing an aerosol-generating procedure with a face shield. The United States faces shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE), and surgeons who use loupes and headlights have difficulty using these in conjunction with face shields. Most arthroplasty surgeons use surgical helmet systems, but in the current pandemic, many hospitals have delayed elective arthroplasty surgeries and the helmet systems are going unused. As a result, the authors have begun retrofitting these arthroplasty helmets to serve as PPE. The purpose of this article is to outline the conception, design, donning technique, and safety testing of these arthroplasty helmets being repurposed as PPE.

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J Arthroplasty

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EISSN

1532-8406

Publication Date

July 2020

Volume

35

Issue

7S

Start / End Page

S23 / S27

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Printing, Three-Dimensional
  • Pneumonia, Viral
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Pandemics
  • Orthopedics
  • Humans
  • Health Personnel
  • Head Protective Devices
 

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Erickson, M. M., Richardson, E. S., Hernandez, N. M., Bobbert, D. W., Gall, K., & Fearis, P. (2020). Helmet Modification to PPE With 3D Printing During the COVID-19 Pandemic at Duke University Medical Center: A Novel Technique. J Arthroplasty, 35(7S), S23–S27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arth.2020.04.035
Erickson, Melissa M., Eric S. Richardson, Nicholas M. Hernandez, Dana W. Bobbert, Ken Gall, and Paul Fearis. “Helmet Modification to PPE With 3D Printing During the COVID-19 Pandemic at Duke University Medical Center: A Novel Technique.J Arthroplasty 35, no. 7S (July 2020): S23–27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arth.2020.04.035.
Erickson MM, Richardson ES, Hernandez NM, Bobbert DW, Gall K, Fearis P. Helmet Modification to PPE With 3D Printing During the COVID-19 Pandemic at Duke University Medical Center: A Novel Technique. J Arthroplasty. 2020 Jul;35(7S):S23–7.
Erickson, Melissa M., et al. “Helmet Modification to PPE With 3D Printing During the COVID-19 Pandemic at Duke University Medical Center: A Novel Technique.J Arthroplasty, vol. 35, no. 7S, July 2020, pp. S23–27. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.arth.2020.04.035.
Erickson MM, Richardson ES, Hernandez NM, Bobbert DW, Gall K, Fearis P. Helmet Modification to PPE With 3D Printing During the COVID-19 Pandemic at Duke University Medical Center: A Novel Technique. J Arthroplasty. 2020 Jul;35(7S):S23–S27.
Journal cover image

Published In

J Arthroplasty

DOI

EISSN

1532-8406

Publication Date

July 2020

Volume

35

Issue

7S

Start / End Page

S23 / S27

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Printing, Three-Dimensional
  • Pneumonia, Viral
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Pandemics
  • Orthopedics
  • Humans
  • Health Personnel
  • Head Protective Devices