Light Weight Face Visor (PPE); for use by front line services dealing with Covid-19

新冠肺炎疫情导致英国迫切需要增加个人防护装备(PPE)的供应。医院、全科医生、救护车服务、疗养院、监狱和其他公共部门的一线工作人员迫切需要更多的个人防护设备。在11/04/20的新冠肺炎每日电视吹风会上，政府卫生大臣马特·汉考克直接呼吁英国所有行业生产个人防护设备，即使这是他们以前没有经验的产品。该项目是对这一呼吁的回应，为所需个人防护设备中的一种元素开辟了一个新的供应区，以便抗击病毒的一线工作人员能够得到所需的保护。该项目汇集了四家成熟的英国公司，在设计、开发、制造和供应保护眼睛的面罩，这是个人防护装备的关键要素。设计咨询公司Taylor Garfit Ltd开发了一种使用创新材料而不是塑料的面罩的概念。因此，它可以使用英国成熟的制造业大规模生产，而到目前为止，英国制造业还没有生产PPE。该项目将通过补充现有的面罩生产来源来支持不断增长的需求。四家公司已同意在这种面罩的开发和生产方面进行合作。拟议供应链的一个显著优势是，它完全基于英国；虽然目前的许多面罩来自海外，但随着全球需求的升级，产品供应和较长的交货期都存在相应的问题。扩展Impact支持将在三个关键领域提供亟需的帮助：1.通过进一步发展我们的营销战略，实现面罩的商业化2.对该面罩进行临床测试。进一步的产品修改，如果临床测试和用户反馈需要的话。

The Covid-19 pandemic has led to a desperate requirement to increase the supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) in the UK. Frontline staff in hospitals, GPs, the ambulance service, care homes, prisons and other public sector services are crying out for more PPE.In the Covid-19 daily TV briefing session of 11/04/20, Government Health Secretary, Matt Hancock made a direct appeal to all UK industry to produce PPE, even if this is a product in which they had no previous experience.This project is a response to that appeal by opening a new area of supply for one element of the required PPE, so that frontline staff fighting the virus can be given the protection they need.The project brings together four established UK companies to provide innovation in the design, development, manufacture and supply of a face-visor to give eye protection, which is a critical element of the PPE set.The design consultancy Taylor Garfit Ltd has developed a concept for a visor which uses innovative materials rather than plastic. Thus allowing it to be mass-produced using an established UK manufacturing sector that has hitherto not produced PPE. The project will support increased demand by supplementing existing sources of face visor production.Four companies have agreed to cooperate in the development and production of this visor. A significant advantage of the proposed supply chain is that it is entirely UK based; whilst many of the current visors are sourced from overseas, with commensurate problems in product availability and long lead-times, as global demand escalates.The extension for impact support will provide much-needed assistance in three key areas: 1. The commercialisation of the face visor through further development of our marketing strategy2. Clinical testing of the face visor.3. Further product modifications, if required as a result of the clinical testing and user feedback.