Covid-19 Info Center

Dear colleagues:

Local hospitals and medical centers currently have an acute need for personal protective equipment (PPE), including surgical masks, face shields, N95s, sanitizer, gloves, safety gowns, and transport media. These hospitals are desperate for any of these supplies, and are actively reaching out for our assistance in getting through this time of great need.

MIT is collecting all such extra unopened PPE for rapid donation. Each DLC should designate a secure, single collection point (e.g., a lockable room) and inform your laboratories and EHS Associate Director Nick Paquin (npaquin@mit.edu) about this central location. Please enable laboratories who have excess PPE inventory to sort items into broad categories, e.g., specify large boxes to contain like items (N95, masks, gloves, etc.) without mixing one type with other types.

Each laboratory should assess its own needs and retain what is needed to safely complete approved laboratory maintenance and Covid-related research. If no one in a laboratory is planning to be on campus, please do not come in just for this purpose.

We will coordinate pick up of these items and will determine how to distribute the items in a fair and equitable fashion, based on need and service area. If you are asked for donations going forward or have already received such requests but not addressed them, please forward your requests to donate-ppe@mit.edu. 

Sincerely,

Elazer Edelman 

on behalf of the MIT Medical outreach team

How to donate extra, unopened items (see list below):

If you are asked for donations: please email donate-ppe@mit.edu. 

Items being collected: