NYC Makes PPE

We still have thousands of new cases every day and new variants of the virus are coming. To reduce risk even more, consider wearing TWO MASKS 😷😷 for more protection for yourself and others. Dr. Linsey Marr of Virginia Tech recommends a cloth mask on top of a surgical mask, for additional protection and better fit.

Source: Article from The NY Times

The best masks remain N95s, which are designed with ultrahigh filtration efficiency. But they remain in short supply for health workers, who need them to safely treat patients.

Layering two less specialized masks on top of each other can provide comparable protection. Dr. Marr recommended wearing face-hugging clothe masks over surgical masks, which tend to be made with more filter-friendly materials but fit more loosely. An alternative is to wear a cloth mask with a pocket that can be stuffed with filter material, like the kind found in vacuum bags.

Thanks to our volunteers, partners and your donations, every piece of PPE is delivered FREE to hospitals, nursing homes, social service agencies, first responders, prisons and jails, childcare centers, home healthcare providers, and other medical practices.

NYC Makes PPE is a coalition of passionate engineers, healthcare professionals, professors, researchers, makers, and students who make and distribute free Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
We have donated PPE to healthcare professionals, frontline workers, affected families, at-risk residents, and other priority groups in New York, the US, and beyond. Our represented organizations include Columbia University, Weill Cornell Medicine, Zuckerman Neuroscience Institute, NYC Resistor, Hack Manhattan, fat cat FAB LAB, Makerspace NYC, CCNY CUNY ASRC, Matterhackers, and others.

Visit our website NYCmakesPPE.org to request PPE, donate or to learn more!

Delivery Summary for 12.15 to 12.16

12.16
50 PPE items delivered to those on the frontline in Queens:
- 50 Face Shields

12.15
300 PPE items delivered to those on the frontline in Queens:
- 100 Face Shields
- 100 Reusable Masks
- 100 Surgical Masks

Thanks to our volunteers, partners and your donations, every piece of PPE is delivered FREE to hospitals, nursing homes, social service agencies, first responders, prisons and jails, childcare centers, home healthcare providers, and other medical practices.

NYC Makes PPE is a coalition of passionate engineers, healthcare professionals, professors, researchers, makers, and students who make and distribute free Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
We have donated PPE to healthcare professionals, frontline workers, affected families, at-risk residents, and other priority groups in New York, the US, and beyond. Our represented organizations include Columbia University, Weill Cornell Medicine, Zuckerman Neuroscience Institute, NYC Resistor, Hack Manhattan, fat cat FAB LAB, Makerspace NYC, CCNY CUNY ASRC, Matterhackers, and others.

Visit our website NYCmakesPPE.org to request PPE, donate or to learn more!

Moving PPE! We have started to ship PPE to recipients and depend less on couriers. Yesterday we moved 1,000 face shields and 500 face masks from our reserves to volunteers helping with packing and shipping.

First of a batch of 5,000 silicone ear savers for frontline workers in NYC.

We are looking into GOWNS 👗, thanks to a design by our friends at SUNY Oneonta. (🐺 mask not included.)

We put the call out for 3D-printed face shield frames, and the community delivered in spectacular fashion, with many thousands of shield parts sent to us. With those, along with our injection molding run, we are confident that we have enough supplies on hand to meet current demand for face shields, and no longer need donations of 3D printed face shield parts for now.

If you have a pending batch of face shield frames, please DO NOT SEND IT TO US - let us know and we can help you find another group who are in more dire need.

Our sincerest thanks to all who sent in shield frames, many of whom did so at their own expense for materials and shipping - some many times over. We couldn't have come this far without you.

We'll be continuing to produce and distribute PPE, of course - this pandemic is nowhere near over, and we have much work to do.

We're still hard at work with our friends at the NYC Face Mask Initiative to make and distribute 100% cotton face masks. Here are 306 pounds of fabric laundered, folded, and on their way to become face masks thanks to our volunteer sewists.

Today, in collaboration with Masks For Docs' NJ Chapter, we delivered 800 face shields to Hackensack Meridian, the Inglemoor Center, and Saint Peter's Hospital. Thanks to our dedicated couriers for getting these supplies directly into the hands of the staff who need them.

We buy plastic by the pallet, elastic by the mile, and hand sanitizer by the gallon to help protect the workers who protect you. Please donate so we can continue to produce PPE for NYC frontline workers.

Visit us at https://nycmakesppe.com/ to make a contribution for today. The first $5,000 in donations will be matched 1:1.

Our volunteers contribute their days nights and weekends to make PPE for frontline workers. But the materials aren’t free. Please donate to keep them well-stocked and producing supplies to protect those who need it the most.

Our friends at BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group have 3D printed thousands of face shield frames for us to distribute. Here are some of the frontline workers who have received face shields made from BIG frames.

BIG printed medical equipment in action in New York, New Jersey, UK, Spain and Denmark

As of today, we've delivered 22,986 articles of PPE to frontline workers across the five boroughs. We're continually humbled by the effort that our volunteers are putting in printing, assembling, cutting, packing, and distributing shields and masks, and by the support we've received from the community of makers who've donated supplies, funds and parts.

You can find the details of everything we've sent out at https://nycmakesppe.com/stats

We're so grateful for the love, support, funds and PPE donations that we've received from you today. Thanks so much for being in our corner in the fight against in NYC. We're packing and shipping these face shields out to New York's frontline workers already.

Thanks to our partnership with MatterHackers, Inc., we've started to receive and distribute community-printed parts for the 3DVerkstan shields. We're really grateful for all who have donated their printing time and resources so far.

Wondering if homemade masks are still needed? We have 10,000+ open requests from frontline workers in NYC. See our Quick Guide at sew.nycmakesppe.com, and if you need more guidance, email our 1 on 1 helpline at [email protected] to fight in

Are you sewing handmade masks for our frontline workers in NYC? Are you out of fabric? Our partners at NYC Face Mask Initiative have you covered, with pre-cut kits and the support you need to get them where they are needed. https://bit.ly/NYCFMISignUp

Today, thanks to the generous donations we've received, we took delivery of our first injection-molded parts for medical face shields from Protolabs. This is a huge milestone for us, marking a big step up in our production output.

Injection molding is how most of the plastic objects in the world are made: a steel mold is filled with hot plastic and then cools very quickly, producing four frames in just a few seconds--up to about 10,000 per day. Much faster than 3D Printing!

We expect to produce about 20,000 of these in the coming days. They're made from medical grade polypropylene (PP) which can be easily sterilized with common chemicals and re-used indefinitely.

Our volunteers are already hard at work packaging these for distribution throughout NYC.

If you have capabilities, we are now able to accept donations of printed parts for distribution to NYC's frontline workers. Please visit us at https://nycmakesppe.com/instructions # to find out more about what you can print and where you can send the completed parts.

We're continuing to deliver PPE and cotton face masks to first responders and those on the front lines who are most at-risk of contracting and spreading . Today, that included Officers from the 33rd Precinct.

One of our amazing couriers, , absolutely crushed it today, bringing over 400 face shields and countless masks to locations across BK, the BX and QNS. And on his birthday, no less. Thanks for all your help and hard work!
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As of this evening, we’ve delivered 6,858 pieces of PPE to medical staff across the five boroughs to fight . If your facility is short on materials we might be able to provide, you can send us a request at https://nycmakesppe.com.

Columbia University's Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute took over their Education Lab to create a 3D print farm in support of NYC Makes PPE and the NYC community. Thanks for your support!

We've started to deliver cotton face masks: 100 to RNs in Queens here, who were in trauma all night. Our thanks to our partners at the NYC Face Mask Initiative.

We're hard at work manufacturing Personal Protective Equipment for NYC's medical staff. Your donations help fund the materials we need to keep going. Find out more at nycmakesppe.com.

Can you sew? We have outstanding requests for 8,000 masks and counting. If you can help us create fabric masks, join us at bit.ly/SewnMasksNYC to create cover healthcare workers in NYC. We're accepting donations from anywhere 🌎.

Bloomberg TV featured NYC Makes PPE; thanks for the shoutout! https://youtu.be/bAVtZ5mc4nM

NYC Makes PPE Bloomberg TV Interview 4/1/2020 Jake Lee of NYC Makes PPE interviewed live on Bloomberg TV. NYC Makes PPE is a group of engineers, makers, and healthcare professionals leveraging DIY manufa...

We delivered 100 WISC face shields to medical staff in Brooklyn this morning. More soon!

Fabricating, packing, and delivering face shields to medical staff all across the city. Many thanks to all those who have donated so far, and our gratitude to those who are right on the front lines.