Safety in the days of COVID-19

One of our valued food industry customers was looking for a personal acrylic barrier that could act as a safety shield during the checkout process in grocery checkout lanes across the Chicago area.

With recent mandates around the United States calling for "social distancing", in response to the COVID-19 crisis, and the call for individual safety precautions, this project called for quick action and fabrication. 

The team at Creative Concepts Fabrication was able to produce and meet the installation deadline for over one-thousand Safety Shields, while staying within budget guidelines. These cashier safety barriers were the first design produced; other options are being made available. These additional safety shield options will include:

• suspended acrylic barriers, using cables and ceiling mounted
• cabinet facing or counter-mounted safety shields
• safety shields with a pass-through option for the exchange of goods or payment

During the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, an urgent request came in to Creative Concepts Fabrication for the fabrication of Plexiglass  “Aerosol Boxes” to aid in shielding physicians and nurses when working with critical patients who need intubation during care.

The inquiry into these healthcare safety barriers was made on behalf of ICU staff at a local hospital. It was an urgent request as staff nurses were starting to be wary of performing intubations and becoming exposed to the virus.

To speed up production and get a first order of Aerosol Boxes into the hospital as quickly as possible, Creative Concepts used a design created by Taiwanese physician, Lai Hsein-yung. 

Generously, Lai has  freely shared his drawings and design for this safety barrier online, in order to help his fellow healthcare providers across the globe.