Community College Donates Critical Coronavirus Fighting Supplies

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MD — As hospitals on the front line of fighting the new coronavirus pandemic watch lifesaving medical supplies dwindle, people are stepping up to help. Some are making face masks at home for those not in direct contact with patients to wear. Others are donating valuable N95 face masks for patient care providers to use.

While school is closed at Anne Arundel Community College, employees there have been gathering up supplies that students had been using to donate to Anne Arundel Medical Center, just in case.

"At the heart of AACC’s mission is to respond to the ever-changing needs of our community,” said Dan Baum, AACC executive director of strategic communications. “This is one example among many of how we are responding to help our community come through this together.”

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School employees started pinpointing what donations of supplies might be appreciated by medical professionals at the hospital to have on hand when the hospital surprised them by emailing a list of supplies they were hoping they could obtain from the school.

“Everyone was quick to respond,” said Elizabeth Appel, dean of the school of health sciences at Anne Arundel Community College.

The community college is working with Anne Arundel Medical Center, University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center and the Anne Arundel County Emergency Operations Center to provide needed supplies.

Staff and faculty in the schools of health sciences, science and technology, and continuing education and workforce development gained access to labs and classrooms across the college’s locations to compile supplies to be used by local hospitals that they loaded into 119 boxes piled high with the following crucial items:

• Face shields
• Hand sanitizer
• Boxes of gloves (various sizes)
• New chemical splash goggles
• Alcohol prep pads and wipes
• Purell and Clorox wipes
• Disposable shoe covers
• Masks (some ear loop masks and a 7 N95 masks with filters)
• Hair bonnets
• Scrubs (gowns and booties)
• Ventilators

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