Nike Transforms Footwear & Apparel Parts Into Sleek Face Shields For Frontliners
Nike has created personal protective equipment (PPE) for healthcare workers in a fight against the coronavirus.
Using components for footwear and apparel, the company developed full-face shields and powered air-purifying respirator (PAPR) lenses for medical workers at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), Nike said in a press release.
After studying the face shields used by workers at OSHU, Nike decided to repurpose collar paddings from shoes to make its variation. The TPU (thermoplastic polyurethane) used in Nike Air soles are also incorporated in the shields.
The company also manufactured PAPR helmets, which are “used in situations with the most airborne pathogen exposure and are essential to the most critical procedures and care of infected patients,” per the press release.
“The full-face shields help protect health care workers’ faces and also help to prolong the length we can safely use a surgical or N95 mask. Nike’s generous response to the COVID-19 crisis helps to instill an added layer of confidence and support for health care workers, that we can safely carry out the jobs we were born to do,” said Miko Enomoto, M.D., an associate professor of anesthesiology and perioperative medicine at the OHSU School of Medicine.
Nike successfully donated its full-face shields and PAPR lenses to OHSU on 3 April 2020.
On Friday, @Nike delivered its first shipment of full-face shields and powered, air-purifying respirator, or PAPR, lenses to OHSU frontline workers.https://t.co/Z8KWhz7YQc #COVID19 #PPE
— OHSU News (@OHSUNews) April 8, 2020
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