Opinion to address the personal protective equipment shortage in the global community during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Polym Degrad Stab
; 176: 109162, 2020 Jun.
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| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1720750
ABSTRACT
The current COVID-19 pandemic is stretching both the global supply for face masks and personal protective equipment (PPE). Production capacity is severely limited in many countries. This is a call for the R&D community, particularly to those in the polymer degradation and stability field. We have not only an opportunity but an obligation to engage and collaborate with virology and bio-medical experts. We require comparative R&D for extended, reuse and recyclability options. There is urgent need for large scale institutional approaches and methods that can be quickly applied locally by non-experts with limited resources.
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