Medical Equipment

The following are resources on how to donate existing PPE, medical equipment, or RNA kits from your labs, as well as resources on how to construct medical grade vs. every-day use masks.

• • Find those in need of PPE near you
  • Great resource about requesting, giving, and making PPE
  • Donate RNA kits and/or reagents for COVID-19 testing
  • Help make PPE for donation
    • Medically reviewed designs for PPE
  • Open source medical supply guide
  • Join this group to sew masks for donation (patterns available)
  • Donate masks to Rosie’s place women’s shelter
    • Option 1: Mask with filter pocket
    • Option 2: Simpler mask design
    • Completed masks can be mailed to:

Rosie’s Place
Attn: Sandy Mariano
889 Harrison Ave
Boston, MA 02118

• • To coordinate a drop off, please call 617-442-9322.
• 3D print reusable masks in your lab
• Resource for sewing masks at home
• 4 fit-tested mask designs (1 that works as a respirator)
• Research/studies on mask designs/best practices, effectiveness, etc
• No sew mask patterns for home use:
  • From CDC
  • Other resources
  • From materials you already have at home
  • No sew, no tie mask
• Good resource for different types of masks
• Mask materials + performance
• Alternative materials:
  • For elastic: hair ties, rubber bands, shoe laces, string, ribbon, strips of cloth
  • For mask wire: paper clips, bread twist ties, pipe cleaners
• Join the Covent Challenge to innovate a rapidly deployable, mechanical ventilator
• Open source ventilator designs through the OpenLung project
• Join Masks On to help volunteer to fight the PPE crisis
  • Questions? Email bostonppe2020@gmail.com
  • Donations
  • Volunteer here!
  • Join the Masks On expert database