Use of 3D printer for face mask production to protect endoscopy unit personnel in contact with high-risk patients during COVID-19 pandemic

Endoscopy. 2020 Dec;52(12):1146-1147. doi: 10.1055/a-1206-0937. Epub 2020 Oct 26.

Authors

Federico De Grazia¹, Stefania Marconi², Marco Bardone¹, Aurelio Mauro¹, Gianluca Alaimo², Ferdinando Auricchio², Andrea Pietrabissa³, Antonio Di Sabatino¹

Affiliations

¹ Unit of Digestive Endoscopy, Department of Internal Medicine, San Matteo Hospital Foundation, Pavia, Italy.
² ProtoLab, Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
³ University of Pavia and San Matteo Hospital Foundation, Pavia Italy.

No abstract available

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / prevention & control*
COVID-19 / transmission*
Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal / instrumentation*
Equipment Design
Humans
Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional / prevention & control*
Masks*
Occupational Exposure / prevention & control*
Printing, Three-Dimensional*
SARS-CoV-2