Opinion to address the personal protective equipment shortage in the global community during the COVID-19 outbreak

Dargaville, Tim; Spann, Kirsten; Celina, Mathew

doi:10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2020.109162

Title: Opinion to address the personal protective equipment shortage in the global community during the COVID-19 outbreak

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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. Additionally, 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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Dargaville, Tim ^[1]; Spann, Kirsten ^[2]; Celina, Mathew ^[3]

Queensland Univ. of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland (Australia)
QIMRB Medical Research Inst., Herston, QLD (Australia)
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Publication Date:: 2020-04-05

Research Org.:: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

OSTI Identifier:: 1614782

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1703359

Report Number(s):: SAND-2020-3709J
Journal ID: ISSN 0141-3910; 685121

Grant/Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000; NA0003525; NA-0003525

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Polymer Degradation and Stability

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 176; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0141-3910

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

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                    Dargaville, Tim, Spann, Kirsten, and Celina, Mathew. Opinion to address the personal protective equipment shortage in the global community during the COVID-19 outbreak.  United States: N. p., 2020. 
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                    Dargaville, Tim, Spann, Kirsten, & Celina, Mathew. Opinion to address the personal protective equipment shortage in the global community during the COVID-19 outbreak.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2020.109162

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"Opinion to address the personal protective equipment shortage in the global community during the COVID-19 outbreak".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2020.109162.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1614782.

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  title        = {Opinion to address the personal protective equipment shortage in the global community during the COVID-19 outbreak},

  author       = {Dargaville, Tim and Spann, Kirsten and Celina, Mathew},

  abstractNote = {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. Additionally, 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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  journal      = {Polymer Degradation and Stability},

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  volume       = 176,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2020},

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