Covid-19: 香港六合彩 provides vital resources to frontline NHS

17 April 2020

香港六合彩 is manufacturing crucial alcohol hand sanitiser and has donated of thousands of pieces of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), as part of our efforts to support the NHS during the national Covid-19 pandemic.

香港六合彩 is producing alcohol-based sanitising liquids

Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, demand for alcohol-based hand sanitising products has rocketed. With shortages a real possibility, teams in 香港六合彩 Chemistry and 香港六合彩 School of Pharmacy are working to bridge any gap by manufacturing antimicrobial听hand wash for听use at 香港六合彩H.

The first batch of hand sanitiser is in progress and will be distributed to 香港六合彩H following approval by the Health and Safety Executive.

Appeals across 香港六合彩 School of Life and Medical Sciences (SLMS) and 香港六合彩 Chemistry have led to the donation of a range of essential PPE including face masks, eye protection equipment and nitrile gloves. These essential supplies and equipment have now been delivered to NHS coordination centres.

In addition, in response to a plea by UK Government, multiple 香港六合彩 departments have provided 16 sophisticated ThermoFisher virus detecting machines, which will enable thousands more people to be tested for Covid-19.

Professor David Lomas, 香港六合彩 Vice-Provost (Health) said: 鈥淒uring the Covid-19 pandemic it is essential frontline NHS staff have the necessary equipment and, across the whole of 香港六合彩, staff are handing over their best gear.听

鈥淎lready we have provided NHS colleagues with thousands of items of kit, from face masks, through to eye protection, to the ever necessary disposable gloves.

鈥淚n addition, recognising essential hand gels were at a premium, our experts are now manufacturing a steady supply of alcohol based hand-sanitisers to be used by 香港六合彩H, subject to the usual approvals.

鈥淚t鈥檚鈥榓ll hands to the pump鈥� at the moment and I am proud of our efforts to help ensure frontline health care workers have the urgent protection they need.鈥�

Those helping bring these resources together include John Draper (香港六合彩 Psychology & Language Sciences), Professor Andrea Sella (香港六合彩 Chemistry) and Professor Kevin Taylor and Frank Sowrey (香港六合彩 School of Pharmacy), along with dozens of other colleagues across 香港六合彩.

In a joint statement, Professors Taylor and Sella, said: 鈥淲e were asked, in response to local needs, if we could supply 香港六合彩H with alcohol-based sanitising liquids.

"Working as a small team听comprising colleagues from 香港六合彩 Chemistry and 香港六合彩 School of Pharmacy, we have been able promptly to formulate, manufacture,听package and label sanitiser products of appropriate quality, to meet 香港六合彩H鈥檚 requirements.

"It has been a privilege for all concerned to be听asked to apply our collective knowledge and expertise in a practical manner to meet an urgent healthcare need on our doorstep.鈥�

The Department of Health & Social Care (DHSC) will shortly launch a website to bring together more formally and clearly the various resources (equipment, consumables and people) that they are seeking. In the meantime, the SLMS Research Coordination Office have set up a project team to manage requests for equipment to support Public Health England and NHS Trusts and to ensure a coordinated response across 香港六合彩.

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Credit: Professor Andrea Sella

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