Hoosier Firm Develops New PPE Tool for Healthcare Workers
(image courtesy: ParagonMedical.com)
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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowHealthcare workers may soon have another tool to help protect them from airborne particles when placing an intubation tube into a patient. Pierceton-based Paragon Medical says the personal protection equipment went from concept to release in two weeks.
Paragon, a division of NN Life Sciences, has developed an intubation shield. The company says the device, which is shaped like a cube, can be placed over a patient’s head and shoulders.
It is made of clear plastic and allows the healthcare worker to reach through to intubate a patient.
“I am extremely proud of the team who worked on the project,” said Rick Stetler, group vice president of operations for NN Life Sciences. “To have developed a product that contributes to the safety of the clinicians who are risking so much during this time is something that we take a lot of pride in.”
Stetler said Paragon Medical teamed up with Georgia-based Solvay Specialty Polymers in manufacturing the device.
The company said the polymer shield can withstand repeated full cleanings and disinfection.