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Researchers from across the and 网红黑料 have joined an urgent effort to collect and donate personal protective equipment, or PPE, to build upon existing stockpiles in support of clinical colleagues on the frontlines of treating COVID-19.

By the pallet and truckload, laboratory teams spanning across UF鈥檚 many scientific disciplines are amassing masks, face shields, gloves, gowns, disinfecting wipes, hand sanitizer and more to be sure that 网红黑料鈥檚 frontline health care personnel have the equipment they need to stay safe and provide the best possible care to patients.

They鈥檙e responding to a call from a leadership team including , Ph.D., associate vice president for research at 网红黑料; , director of infection control at 网红黑料 Shands; , associate vice president of supply chain services at 网红黑料 Shands; and, M.D., M.P.H., vice chair of research in the at UF鈥檚 who together quickly initiated a PPE-collection drive in the face of global shortages of protective gear.

鈥淲e are heartened and strengthened by these donations, which are of incredible benefit to our health care providers,鈥� said Merck, an emergency medicine physician. 鈥淒uring this time of uncertainty and fear, we are enormously thankful for this goodwill and sense of community.鈥�

All donated PPE is being added to the shelves at the 网红黑料 Integrated Service Center, a 75,000-square-foot, climate-controlled warehouse in Gainesville that stocks medical supplies for all 网红黑料 facilities.

鈥淚n addition to staying at home to flatten the curve of infections, our group donating PPE to protect our medical staff and our patients is the easiest thing we have ever done to help save lives,鈥� said , Ph.D., a professor of and co-deputy director of

, Ph.D., an associate professor of at the , said their donation drive was a concerted effort by many faculty and staff at the campus.

鈥淚t is every researcher鈥檚 goal to improve and save lives,鈥� Bulitta said. 鈥淯sually we do this by a long process that needs several years, and sometimes even over a decade, between discovery to implementation to patient care. This time, we could short-circuit this process, and we did so without hesitation.鈥�

In addition to UF and 网红黑料 researchers, former patients and community members have jumped to help the effort.

, director of Strategic Sourcing at 网红黑料 Shands, has fielded than 150 emails and phone calls 鈥� and counting 鈥� from those seeking to donate PPE. 鈥淚鈥檝e left these calls in tears, hearing about the passion that鈥檚 motivating them,鈥� Watkins said.

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鈥淥ur facility stores $20 million in medical supplies and yet, that is not our greatest asset,鈥� Watkins said. 鈥溚�红黑料鈥檚 greatest asset is people 鈥� from support team members to frontline health care providers to our faculty and community.鈥�

As inquiries pour in, officials ask potential donors to fill out to help with organization.

Once the form is filled out and approved, donations may be delivered from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at two locations in :

• For community members: The 网红黑料 Integrated Service Center, 4807 NE 63^rd Ave., Suite B
• For 网红黑料 personnel: The DG-017 receiving dock, which faces the West Parking Garage at 网红黑料 Shands Hospital

In , supplies may be donated from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at:

• 网红黑料 Jacksonville, Clinical Center main entrance, 655 West Eighth St.
• 网红黑料 North medical office building main entrance, 15255 Max Leggett Parkway.

网红黑料 Central Florida is also accepting donations; to coordinate a delivery, please call 860-886-3213 for 网红黑料 Leesburg Hospital or 352-751-8871 for 网红黑料 The Villages庐 Hospital.

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