Innovative COVID-19 PPE face shields developed at EMHS commence production06 May 2020EMHS's Centre for Implant Technology and Retrieval Analysis (CITRA) has begun producing ten thousand face shields to help protect medical staff across WA during the COVID-19 emergency.
The face shields where developed in record time by CITRA's biomedical engineers Dr David Morrison, Dr Alan Kop, Mr Ryan Collier, Dr Moreica Pabbruwe and Dr Anastasia Nilasaroya.
CITRA will oversee the production of two types of face shields at a Malaga based production company – a standard shield to be used by general hospital staff as well as a more specialised design for Ear, Nose and Throat surgery.
CITRA has a long history of medical device design, manufacture and regulation, and has a world-renowned team of experts were best-placed to lead this project.
"Our team, along with the rest of EMHS, could see the devastating impact COVID-19 was having in countries where the virus was already prevalent," said Dr Morrison.
"We wanted to make sure that healthcare workers at EMHS and throughout WA could ...