COVID-19 Face Shield for HCP

Feedback from Northern Navajo Medical Center in Shiprock, NM: "This is a great face shield. It allows for coverage of the entire neck, wraps around face, and provides protection from overhead splatter."

Face shields specifically intended for medical providers are shipping to Native American medical facilities in the Four Corners area where there is a major Covid-19 outbreak. These are sturdy, cleanable, and re-usable. Shipments started April 10, 2020. These are being provided at zero cost. The situation on tribal lands is not good - just the Navajo Nation has 300,000 members and has a per capita infection rate 10 times higher than Arizona and the third-highest infection rate in the country behind New York and New Jersey, according to news reports.  See this  Deseret News article from Apr 20, 2020 . We are shipping to ten medical facilities, here not in order of size: Hopi Health Care Center Kayenta Health Center Utah Navajo Health System Chinle Comprehensive Health Care Facility Tuba City Regional Health Care Center Tsehootsooi Medical Center Northern Navajo Medical Center Gallup Indian Medical Center Crownpoint Healthcare Facility Zuni Comprehensive Health Center

Face shields specifically intended for medical providers are in testing and evaluation at the Utah  Community Health Centers  network. These are sturdy, cleanable, and re-usable. They are not flimsy disposables which are now being stamped out in high volume and sell for $5 -$8 each. Prototype in use at Community Health Center "hot clinic"