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Researchers share software that helps healthcare facilities manage PPE stock
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-06-26 17:37
A team of researchers from ICMC-USP (Mathematical Science and Computation Institute from São Paulo University) have created a software that helps hospitals and other medical facilities manage their protective equipment stock. Personal protective equipment ...
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Platform provides custom face masks to healthcare workers
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-05-15 15:49
During the Covid-19 pandemic, healthcare services all over the world were experiencing shortages of Personal Protective Equipment. Jesse Chang, a 3D industry expert, “was very concerned with the shortage and how dire the situation was to have forced ...
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Students create game to teach about correct use of protective equipment
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-06-02 15:52
A group of college students from Instituto Superior Técnico, in Lisbon, created “EPIs contra o COVID-19” (PPE against COVID-19) an online quiz that is meant to help people understand how to correctly wear personal protective equipment. The quiz is ...
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Friends launch platform for people to send masks to healthcare workers
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-04-03 14:44
Liz Klinger and Chloe Alpert knew that healthcare services all over the world where experiencing severe shortage of protective equipment, indispensable during the COVID-19 pandemic. Chloe is the CEO of a company which manages hospital’s medical equipment ...
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Indian scientists create platform to deal with Covid-19
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-04-14 10:51
In India, a group of scientist joined forces to help the country fight the Covid-19 pandemic. The group counts with more than 500 scientists, from the country’s top institutions and internationally, and includes also engineers, doctors, science ...
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Group of volunteers works to bring groceries and supplies to high-risk demographics during Covid-19 pandemic
Solution Shared by sara.di.fabio@patient-innovation.com on 2020-03-25 10:52
Invisible Hands Deliver was born when college students amassed 1,700 healthy volunteers to deliver groceries and medicines to the Covid-19 high-risk people in New York City. The focus is mostly the elderly and immunocompromised people but also all others ...
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Students create program to help the elderly socialize during the Covid-19 pandemic
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-06-27 18:23
During the Covid-19 pandemic, residents of nursing homes or assisted-living facilities could no longer receive visitations form their loves-ones, a measure put in place to protect them from being infected by the new coronavirus. To help combat the ...
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University community creates a network to connect institutions to volunteers and support the elderly during the pandemic
Solution Shared by sara.di.fabio@patient-innovation.com on 2020-04-21 16:03
COmVIDas was born thanks to Rita Almeida e Brito (fourth-year nursing student), in partnership with a medical student, Filipa Paiva Couceiro (ageing psychologist), and two communication specialists. COmVIDas aims at organizing a help network for ...
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Free online Mental Health Kit helps people struggling with their mental health during the pandemic
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-12-30 08:18
The Portuguese citizen initiative for mental health – ManifestaMente – has released a free online kit designed to help people protect their mental health, identify trigger warnings and find solutions. The “Basic Mental Health Kit” consist of a 90 minute ...
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Website to help break the habit of face touching
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-06-30 12:43
Designers Mike Bodge and Isaac Blankensmith and technologist Brian Moore where trying to follow the health and safety measures suggested by the WHO to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. However, they were finding it difficult to avoid face ...
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