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The world uses PDF to answer the PPE shortage

PDF is very popular these days and used as a way to distribute patterns for the PPE shortages. Here are some sources that would help<br>source: https://deftpdf.com

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The world uses PDF to answer the PPE shortage

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  1. How the World Uses PDF to Answer the PPE Shortage

  2. The World on Lockdown With the world under lockdown, several materials such as masks and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE suits) become scarce. Plenty of hospitals lack supplies amidst the coronavirus pandemic and many stores closed. On the lighter side, people have come together to fight the virus and designers and luxury labels have decided to help and aid in the shortage of medical supplies.

  3. In the USA

  4. As reports have shown, US companies are now creative in supplying gears for health workers by utilizing the workforce from fashion. One of which is Project Runway’s Christian Siriano, who has tweeted that they are stepping up and have supplied masks which are produced by their staff from home. Additionally, other designers such as Prabal Gurung and Brandon Maxwell has also offered to produce PPE. Factories such as Karla Colletto and Hedley & Bennett has also dedicated their workforce for the production of face masks for frontline workers. The Trump administration advised Americans to wear face masks, especially those with high community transmission of the virus. The shortage of supplies has led plenty of people to create their own.

  5. FACEMASKS • For those looking to achieve this, the NY Times has featured a PDF pattern on How to Sew a Face Mask • For those who have no access to sewing materials, the CDC has shown a respiratory face mask using heavyweight t-shirtsfrom their infectious disease journal.

  6. In the EUROPE

  7. In Europe, popular fashion companies including H&M, Zara, Balenciaga, Yves Saint Laurent, and Gucci have shifted from fashion to medical supply production during this crisis. Gucci alone has donated 1.1 Million masks and 55, 000 medical PPE overalls for Italy. Meanwhile, Louis Vuitton and Christian Dior have also pledged to donate face masks from China amounting to 5 million euros. In Italy, reports have emerged that Prada has been producing 80,000 medical PPE overalls and 110,000 masks.

  8. FACEMASKS • Joost de Cock of the Netherlands has provided free PDF sewing patterns online for face masks through the website freesewing.org which can be sewed by anyone at home.

  9. In the ASIA

  10. Asia has also been playing a big role and retooling its workforce for medical supplies. One of which is Japan’s well-known brand Uniqlo, who has pledged to provide 10 million medical masks. In the Philippines, the first medically reviewedopen-source PPE patternhas also been designed and released by designer Mich Dulce and her group. The PDF pattern has been reviewed in California through the Open Source COVID19 medical supplies.The PDF pattern, since its availability online, has been used for the creation of the PPE suit to overcome the deficit.

  11. PPE SUIT PATTERN • The first medically reviewedopen-source PPE patternhas also been designed and released by designer

  12. How to use PDF Patterns First • Download PDF pattern from the link Second • Follow instructions from the PDF pattern and print as size indicated. Make sure that the measurements are right before using the pattern as basis for the fabric before cutting. Third • Cut your fabric according to the printed pattern. Sew away as instructed! 12

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