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Oxford Box Aerosol Sheild, In Carry Case, Oxford, 2020

Inventory Number 18772.1

Brief Description
The Oxford Box is designed to help protect healthcare providers when managing airways in COVID-19 patients. It reduces the risk of medical staff becoming exposed to the virus during aerosol-generating procedures such as intubation. It is the result of collaboration between the two motorsport companies, Enovation Consulting Ltd and One Group Engineering, Oxford University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Renault DP World F1 Team and OxSTaR. It is an example of the multi-disciplinary collaboration that was frequently accellerated during the COVID-19 pandemic. https://www.ndcn.ox.ac.uk/news/motorsport-technology-helps-keep-covid-19-clinicians-safe
Item type
Object
Provenance
Designed to keep frontline staff safe during the intubation of patients, the innovative ‘Oxford Box’ has been developed by businesses in the Silverstone Technology Cluster (STC) network, including Cluster Ambassador Dr Cristiana Pace’s Enovation Consultancy Ltd and motorsport engineering company and STC member One Group Engineering. The Renault DP World Formula 1 Team, with its advanced understanding of computational fluid dynamics (CFD), and the University of Oxford’s Oxford Simulation, Teaching & Research (OxSTaR) centre have also played significant roles in the development of this innovation. Weighing just 7kg, the Oxford Box’s light, flat-pack construction enables the device to be swiftly re-allocated in an emergency, stored away easily and sterilised more effectively. The device has been developed with environmental sustainability in mind, with studies showing that the Oxford Box can be manufactured in large numbers from recycled plastics, reducing cost and waste. After extensive trials at OxSTaR and the training of key clinical staff, OUH approved the use of Oxford Box across its four hospitals: the John Radcliffe, Churchill and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford, and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. This Oxford Box was donated by staff at the John Radcliffe Hospital on behalf of the development team.
Physical material
Acrylic
Object type
Medical aerosol sheild
Inventory No
18772.1

Description

Flat pack transparent acyrlic box consisting of 5 peices and carry bag with Oxford Box logo

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