{"id":3859,"date":"2020-05-13T08:33:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T12:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/radisci\/?p=3859"},"modified":"2020-05-13T08:33:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T12:33:00","slug":"wendy-ross-volunteers-to-assemble-personal-protective-equipment-ppe-in-response-to-covid-19-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/radisci\/2020\/05\/wendy-ross-volunteers-to-assemble-personal-protective-equipment-ppe-in-response-to-covid-19-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Wendy Ross Volunteers to Assemble Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wendy Ross<\/a>, a clinical coordinator in the Division of Radiologic Science, has teamed up with other volunteers at the UNC-Chapel Hill\u00a0Be a Maker (BeAM)<\/a> makerspace where the UNC-Chapel Hill community can design and make of physical objects for education, research, entrepreneurship and recreation to assemble personal protective equipment (PPE) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

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“I was really looking for some way to do something, and I felt it was very nice to have such an organized, ‘you just step and do the work’ opportunity rather than having for us to figure it out ourselves,” Ross said.<\/p>\n

So far, Ross has assembled more than 200 PPE kits. The BeAM space has contributed tens of thousands of face shields to health care organizations, including to UNC Health.<\/p>\n

“I hope and I believe that it will help health caregivers feel safe and cared for and make them able to do their jobs more easily,” Ross said.<\/p>\n

Ross said she heard about the volunteer opportunity thanks to a desire to learn more about the BeAM makerspace. During radiologic science students’ senior year, they have the opportunity to use the BeAM space, which includes a 3D printer, to model organs or other body parts as part of a capstone project. Previously, a student used the BeAM space to create a model of the heart to better illustrate how imaging equipment might best be used.<\/p>\n

“I think the more that we talk about it and expose the students to what’s available, the more creative they can be with what they’re trying to do.”<\/p>\n

Ross said the level of organization and attention to keep BeAM volunteers safe and healthy while assembling PPE impressed her.<\/p>\n

“It’s just amazing to think a few people stepped up and said, \u2018we can do this,\u2019” Ross said. “They had to do a lot of planning and organizing to get this off the ground.”<\/p>\n

The Division of Radiologic Science is housed in the Department of Allied Health Sciences.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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