Gownmaking a Horizon Health

Gownmaking a Horizon Health

You have most likely heard of "many hospitals"..

Continue to experience "a shortage of personal protective equipment" like: "masks" and "gowns".

"horizon health"..

"in paris, illinois"..

Is getting creative "to ensure they have enough supplies".

News 10's "tilly marlatt"..

Explains.

/////// you have most likely heard of hospitals using homemade masks, but what about homemade gowns?

Horizon health in paris is making their own isolation gowns.

Marketing manager erin frank says this is to help battle the ppe shortage.

"we were running low enough that we were concerned.

We were seeing the availability of those supplies go down and the costs of those supplies go up."

The homemade gowns are made out of plastic and double-sided carpet tape.

Cadillac products packaging company in paris donated the material.

A dialysis center that's currently not in use is the production hub.

Hospital employees are chipping in to help.

"it's entirely our staff.

Anywhere from housekeeping to surgery to rns.

It's everybody.

It's a pretty hands on deck thing."

In just three weeks, roughly 1,000 gowns have been created.

"yeah we're going to keep producing as far as i know.

We just want to be as prepared as possible for anything that is in regards to covid-19."

(sprinkle) you will find some of the gowns being put to use at the screening tent outside the hospital.

Reporting in paris, tilly marlatt, news 10.

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