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Microwave-Generated Steam Decontamination of N95 Respirators Utilizing Universally Accessible Materials

4/26/2020

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Now on MedRXiv from Kirby Lab:
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.22.20076117v1
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3-D Printed Nasopharyngeal Swabs

4/19/2020

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Brought to you by Ramy Arnaout, Kirby Lab crew, and many collarators.:
Rapid Open Development and Clinical Validation of Multiple New 3D-Printed Nasopharyngeal Swabs in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.14.20065094v1

​Addressing the shortage of nasopharyngeal swabs necesssary for collection of optimal specimens for COVID-19 testing and the current major bottleneck to large-scale COVID testing. .   
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Lab Members Shown on Boston News

4/4/2020

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Link to news broadcast
Shown Left to Right are Kirby Lab Members Shade Rodriguez, KP Smith, Alex Green, Kate Zulauf, and Microbiology Fellow, Rose Lee, and Cody Callahan.
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More on production of swabs on the home-front

4/2/2020

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https://www.bidmc.org/about-bidmc/news/2020/03/3d-printed-swabs
Noted in the list of credits are members of the Kirby research laboratory including Alex Green, Kate Zulauf, KP Smith, and microbiology, fellow Rose Lee, and of course our very close collaborator Ramy Arnaout and clinical colleague, Stefan Riedel, and the amazing group of clinical laboratory scientists form the BIDMC clinical microbiology laboratory who contributed so much to this project and to patient care on a daily basis. 
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