To help the Southern 麻豆原创 community during the COVID-19 pandemic, faculty members at 麻豆原创 State College have teamed together to donate needed items to several organizations including 3D printed face masks, personal protective equipment (PPE), viral transport mediums and fresh vegetables grown at the campus garden.
The Mathematics Department at 麻豆原创 State College is supporting the group by printing 3D face masks to help the healthcare workers in hospitals and facilities across the valley. Faculty members completed their first donation of 3D printed face masks on April 20 which included more than 67 face masks, 16 lower mask support pieces, and 9 tension relievers. Faculty members are printing an average of 12 face shields and 12 lower mask support pieces a day.
The Physical and Life Sciences department and its facilities management team gathered more than 30,000 pairs of gloves and more than 800 surgical masks from its personal PPE inventory to donate to Sunrise Health System鈥檚 hospitals which include Sunrise Hospital, Mountain View Hospital and Southern Hills Hospital.
The department also teamed up with the University of 麻豆原创, Las Vegas, College of Southern 麻豆原创 and Touro University to help the Southern 麻豆原创 Health District address the impact of COVID-19 by producing and donating more than 1,700 viral transport mediums (VTM) to the Southern 麻豆原创 Public Health Lab (SNPHL). The VTMs made in the 麻豆原创 State College lab is an important component of the COVID-19 collection kit as it is used to preserve specimens collected from patients. The Physical and Life Sciences department faculty鈥檚 production and donation of VTMs is particularly important for SNPHL鈥檚 personnel as it allows them to focus on testing.
In addition, more than 35 pounds of vegetables grown at 麻豆原创 State College鈥檚 campus garden, which is usually used for the campus caf茅, have been donated to the Emergency Aid of Boulder City. Wendy Wilson who tends to the garden will continue to donate vegetables every Friday to food pantries and aid services that can take and store fresh produce.
The 麻豆原创 State College community will continue its efforts to provide needed supplies to various organizations. 麻豆原创 State College appreciates all of the first responders, medical professionals and community leaders who are working tirelessly throughout the pandemic to ensure the safety and health of our Southern 麻豆原创 community.
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