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Case study into the successful emergency production and certification of a filtering facepiece respirator for Belgian hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic presented European hospitals with chronic shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) such as surgical masks and respirator masks. Demand outstripped the production capacity of certified European manufacturers of these devices. Hospitals perceived emergency local manufac...

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Autores principales: Vanhooydonck, Andres, Van Goethem, Sander, Van Loon, Joren, Vandormael, Robin, Vleugels, Jochen, Peeters, Thomas, Smedts, Sam, Stokhuijzen, Drim, Van Camp, Marieke, Veelaert, Lore, Verlinden, Jouke, Verwulgen, Stijn, Watts, Regan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of The Society of Manufacturing Engineers. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7997305/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33814674
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmsy.2021.03.016