Start Date
5-28-2020 9:00 AM
End Date
5-28-2020 5:00 PM
Description
- Experts from the Thomas Jefferson University Health Design Lab met with Emergency Medicine and Anesthesia physicians and local engineers
- A design was envisioned in which 3-D printed connectors could be created to add an additional HEPA Filter as shown in Figure 1
- STL Files for the adapters were created based on standard HEPA filter diameters and 3-D printed
- The second HEPA filter was easily assembled by novice users using the adapters
- Ventilation adequacy using the double HEPA filter ambu-bag was similar to single HEPA filtered ambu-bag ventilation based on observed inflation of a test lung
Keywords
COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, coronavirus, HEPA filter, ambu-bag manual ventilation, continuous BVT ventilation, 3-D printing
Included in
May 28th, 9:00 AM
May 28th, 5:00 PM
Safer Ambu-Bag Manual Ventilation through Addition of a Second High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) Filter
- Experts from the Thomas Jefferson University Health Design Lab met with Emergency Medicine and Anesthesia physicians and local engineers
- A design was envisioned in which 3-D printed connectors could be created to add an additional HEPA Filter as shown in Figure 1
- STL Files for the adapters were created based on standard HEPA filter diameters and 3-D printed
- The second HEPA filter was easily assembled by novice users using the adapters
- Ventilation adequacy using the double HEPA filter ambu-bag was similar to single HEPA filtered ambu-bag ventilation based on observed inflation of a test lung
Comments
Presented at the 2020 House Staff Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Conference