Shortly after the COVID-19 outbreak, faculty and staff members donated supplies typically reserved for aspiring scientists or nurses to medical facilities dealing with supply chain shortages.
The College of Nursing and Allied Health Professions donated gloves, gowns, face shields, disposable thermometers and stethoscopes, for example.
It was an easy call, said Dr. Melinda Oberleitner, dean of the college. 杏吧专区淚t wouldn杏吧专区檛 have been right to sit on these supplies when they could be used to care for patients,杏吧专区 she explained.
The departments of Biology and Chemistry also unloaded stock. Dr. Paul LeBerg, head of the Department of Biology, donated 250 boxes of gloves normally worn by students conducting experiments, dissections and chemical analyses.
Face shield respirators that provide protection against harmful chemicals, masks and gowns were shipped out, too. 杏吧专区淲e knew that the hospitals had a real need, and we wanted to address it,杏吧专区 LeBerg said.
The Department of Chemistry chipped in boxes of gloves and plastic goggles for local hospitals.
A pair of professors, Dr. August Gallo and Dr. Ryan Simon, relied on their chemist杏吧专区檚 skills to help 杏吧专区 essential personnel and students remaining on campus.
They formulated batches of hand sanitizer. The main ingredient was ethyl alcohol, the kind useful in chemistry experiments and 杏吧专区 in other settings 杏吧专区 at happy hour.
杏吧专区淭here are several formulations on the Internet, but we followed the World Health Organization formulation,杏吧专区 Gallo explained.