Queen’s University Belfast provides NHS with protective facemasks

Dimitrios Lamprou
Eneko Larrañeta
Juan Dominguez Robles
Brian Falzon

Press/Media: Research

Description

Academic researchers at Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) are pursuing two parallel technologies to help meet the demand for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in the fight against the coronavirus.

Period	26 Mar 2020 → 23 Apr 2020

Media coverage

20

Media coverage

Title	Listen: helping our healthcare heroes
Degree of recognition	National
Media name/outlet	Irish Farmers Journal
Media type	Print
Country/Territory	Ireland
Date	23/04/2020
Producer/Author	Mairead Lavery and Anne O’Donoghue
URL	https://www.farmersjournal.ie/helping-our-healthcare-heroes-540479
Persons	Dimitrios Lamprou, Eneko Larrañeta, Juan Dominguez Robles

Title	Pennant supporting our NHS
Degree of recognition	National
Media name/outlet	Pennant
Media type	Web
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
Date	22/04/2020
Description	Recognising the current shortfalls in the supply of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) within the NHS and particularly in Cheltenham, our Engineering team have collaborated with the School of Pharmacy from Queens University in Belfast (Dr Juan Dominguez-Robles, Dr Eneko Larraneta Landa and Dr Dimitrios Lamprou) to establish 3D printing of essential face screen visors.
URL	www.pennantplc.co.uk/news/pennant-supporting-our-nhs/
Persons	Dimitrios Lamprou, Eneko Larrañeta, Juan Dominguez Robles

Title	Covid-19: Uniurb stampa in 3D le visiere protettive per l’Ospedale di Urbino
Degree of recognition	International
Media name/outlet	#Uniamo \| Il blogazine dell'Università di Urbino Carlo
Media type	Web
Country/Territory	Italy
Date	22/04/2020
Producer/Author	Emanuela Braico
URL	https://uniamo.uniurb.it/stampa-in-3d-le-visiere-protettive/
Persons	Dimitrios Lamprou

Title	3D Printing Pioneer for facemasks
Degree of recognition	National
Media name/outlet	Evoiki Gnomi (Ευβοϊκή Γνώμη) Newspaper
Media type	Print
Country/Territory	Greece
Date	03/04/2020
Persons	Dimitrios Lamprou, Eneko Larrañeta, Juan Dominguez Robles

Title	Between 100 and 200’ protective shield masks could be produced each day says QUB researchers
Degree of recognition	National
Media name/outlet	Pharmacy IN FOCUS
Media type	Web
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
Date	02/04/2020
URL	https://www.pharmacyinfocus.co.uk/between-100-and-200-protective-shield-masks-could-be-produced-each-day-says-qub-researchers/
Persons	Dimitrios Lamprou, Eneko Larrañeta, Juan Dominguez Robles, Brian Falzon

Title	Universities provide the NHS with equipment to fight Covid-19
Degree of recognition	International
Media name/outlet	ResearchProfessional News
Media type	Web
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
Date	02/04/2020
Producer/Author	Sophie Inge
URL	https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-universities-2020-4-universities-provide-the-nhs-with-equipment-to-fight-covid-19/
Persons	Eneko Larrañeta, Juan Dominguez Robles, Dimitrios Lamprou

Title	3D Printing Community responds to COVID-19 and Coronavirus resources
Degree of recognition	International
Media name/outlet	3D Printing Industry
Media type	Web
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
Date	01/04/2020
URL	https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/3d-printing-community-responds-to-covid-19-and-coronavirus-resources-169143/
Persons	Dimitrios Lamprou, Eneko Larrañeta, Juan Dominguez Robles, Brian Falzon

Title	Coronavirus: Queen's University scientists design face shields for health trust that can be produced using a 3D printer
Degree of recognition	National
Media name/outlet	Belfast Telegraph Digital
Media type	Web
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
Date	31/03/2020
URL	https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/coronavirus/coronavirus-queens-university-scientists-design-face-shields-for-health-trust-that-can-be-produced-using-a-3d-printer-39089719.html
Persons	Eneko Larrañeta, Juan Dominguez Robles, Dimitrios Lamprou, Brian Falzon

Title	3D printed protective face shields
Degree of recognition	Local
Media name/outlet	Lisburn City Centre Events
Media type	Web
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
Date	31/03/2020
URL	https://www.govserv.org/GB/Lisburn/389576784428278/Lisburn-City-Centre-Events
Persons	Dimitrios Lamprou, Eneko Larrañeta, Juan Dominguez Robles

Title	3D printed visors - Queens University Belfast
Degree of recognition	National
Media name/outlet	Irish Scientists on call
Media type	Web
Country/Territory	Ireland
Date	27/03/2020
URL	https://irishscientistsoncall.com/opportunities/f/3d-printed-visors---queens-university-belfast
Persons	Eneko Larrañeta, Juan Dominguez Robles, Dimitrios Lamprou

Title	Queen's University Belfast: Queen's University Belfast provides NHS with protective facemasks
Media name/outlet	ENP Newswire
Media type	Web
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
Date	27/03/2020
Persons	Eneko Larrañeta, Juan Dominguez Robles, Dimitrios Lamprou, Brian Falzon

Title	QUB producing face masks to donate to NHS
Media name/outlet	Sync NI
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
Date	27/03/2020
URL	https://syncni.com/article/3991/qub-producing-face-masks-to-donate-to-nhs
Persons	Eneko Larrañeta, Juan Dominguez Robles, Dimitrios Lamprou, Brian Falzon

Title	Queen’s University Belfast provides NHS with Protective Facemasks
Media name/outlet	Nihealthcare.com
Media type	Web
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
Date	27/03/2020
URL	nihealthcare.com/queens-university-belfast-provides-nhs-with-protective-facemasks/
Persons	Eneko Larrañeta, Juan Dominguez Robles, Dimitrios Lamprou, Brian Falzon

Title	Queen’s University Belfast provides NHS with protective facemasks
Degree of recognition	National
Media name/outlet	RTÉ News
Media type	Television
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
Date	27/03/2020
Persons	Eneko Larrañeta, Dimitrios Lamprou, Juan Dominguez Robles, Brian Falzon

Title	Queen’s University Belfast provides NHS with protective facemasks
Degree of recognition	International
Media name/outlet	Sky News (Circulaon: 4891000)
Media type	Television
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
Date	27/03/2020
Persons	Dimitrios Lamprou, Eneko Larrañeta, Juan Dominguez Robles, Brian Falzon

Title	Queens team print protective face masks
Degree of recognition	International
Media name/outlet	BBC Radio Ulster
Media type	Radio
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
Date	27/03/2020
Persons	Dimitrios Lamprou, Eneko Larrañeta, Juan Dominguez Robles, Brian Falzon

Title	Coronavirus: QUB researchers go hi-tech in race to make protective face shields
Media name/outlet	News Letter
Media type	Web
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
Date	26/03/2020
URL	https://www.newsletter.co.uk/health/coronavirus/coronavirus-qub-researchers-go-hi-tech-race-make-protective-face-shields-2519651
Persons	Eneko Larrañeta, Juan Dominguez Robles, Dimitrios Lamprou, Brian Falzon

Title	Queens team print protective face masks
Media name/outlet	BBC News
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
Date	26/03/2020
URL	https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-northern-ireland-52045908
Persons	Eneko Larrañeta, Juan Dominguez Robles, Dimitrios Lamprou

Title	Queen’s University provides NHS with protective facemasks
Media name/outlet	Belfast Live
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
Date	26/03/2020
URL	https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/coronavirus-northern-ireland-live-updates-17982833
Persons	Eneko Larrañeta, Juan Dominguez Robles, Dimitrios Lamprou

Title	Queen’s University Belfast provides NHS with protective facemasks
Degree of recognition	International
Media name/outlet	QUB
Media type	Web
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
Date	26/03/2020
URL	www.qub.ac.uk/News/Allnews/QueensUniversityBelfastprovidesNHSwithprotectivefacemasks.html
Persons	Eneko Larrañeta, Juan Dominguez Robles, Dimitrios Lamprou, Brian Falzon

Keywords

3D Printing
laser cutting technology
polymers
NHS
COVID-19
face shields
Personal Protective Equipment
Belfast Trust
community participation

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