Loyalist College has helped answer the call for personal protective equipment for local hospitals.
On Monday night, the College donated a number of items from programs and simulation labs to keep frontline workers safe including hand sanitizer, gloves, respirators, face shields and isolation gowns.
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a national shortage of health care supplies and protective equipment and the Ontario Medical Association (OMA) and the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) are urging governments and organizations who have supplies to repurpose them for frontline health care use.
Loyalist faculty and staff answered the call and donated a variety of College items from programs and simulation labs to keep frontline workers safe.
This includes more than 16 bags of hand sanitizer, 500 isolation gowns, 25,200 latex-free non-sterile gloves, 31,000 Nitrile gloves, 20 N95 1860 respirators, 20 N95 1870 respirators, Sensicare sterile gloves, 125 shield face masks, 1,050 surgical face masks (loop), 250 surgical face masks (tie) and one container of Virox wipes, for a total donation of 58,282 supplies.
The College’s three schools quickly mobilized to respond to this emergent need. They assessed resources across various program areas and worked together to meet the demand.
Loyalist College Simulation Laboratory Specialists delivered supplies to Quinte Health Care on Monday, March 23, 2020.
Loyalist College Simulation Laboratory Specialists delivered supplies to Quinte Health Care on Monday, March 23, 2020.
