Patrick O’Shaughnessy, Director of the Heartland Center, has been collaborating with The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics to extend the use of N95 respirators and other personal protective equipment. His expertise in the Industrial Hygiene field has provided critical services to the healthcare field during the Covid-19 epidemic.
“It’s been a lot of work alone in the lab, but also very rewarding to be able to provide information that can be used to ultimately aid our health care workers who depend so much on PPE to maintain their good health during this pandemic,” O’Shaughnessy says.