Steven Lustig, an associate professor at Northeastern University and a chemical engineer at the Army Research Lab, gathered a small team of students and set out to help. He wanted help to develop a mask that had “some science behind the selection of materials that would create a mask that would be as good as an N95 mask or better.” We’re burning through the surgical masks.” But there aren’t enough respirators to go around. “Maximally, everyone should be in respirators. “We are relying on technology to recycle PPE right now, some of which is unproven, some of which is recently proven, but the logistics in terms of turning these N95 masks around is really questionable,” he said. “I can’t put in words the stress we have on PPE,” Rosenblatt told Defense One. The lack of PPE was so severe that surgeons at his hospital had to use the same surgical masks for an entire day or longer. Michael Rosenblatt, chief medical officer at Lahey Hospital in Burlington, Massachusetts, contacted the Army with an urgent need. Scientists with the Army Research Lab, working with a Massachusetts hospital, have figured out the best easy-to-find materials for making homemade masks: a layer of absorbent cloth combined with a water-repelling fabric, preferably one treated with Scotchgard.Īt the end of March, Dr. Shortages of facemasks have many people making their own - not just grocery shoppers and Pentagon staff, but even medical professionals in coronavirus-wracked hospitals.
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