Johns Hopkins students design improved Ebola protection suit

Editor's Note

Johns Hopkins University engineering students have designed an Ebola protection suit with a more comfortable hood and face mask that makes breathing easier, and it has a battery-powered system that lowers humidity in the suit.

The University and DuPont have signed license and collaboration agreements allowing DuPont to manufacture the suit.

The design of the suit reduces the number of pieces required by current protocols, takes less time to don and remove, and cuts the number of potential contamination exposure points by nearly a third.

June 22, 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Arthur Hirsch Office: 443-997-9909 Cell: 443-462-8702 ahirsch6@jhu.edu For health workers in the field treating people stricken with Ebola and other diseases, a protective suit is the first defense against infection.