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DOST's bamboo-framed face shields get local entrepreneurs' support

Published Jul 10, 2021 03:39 pm

More local entrepreneurs are producing the Department of Science and Technology-Forest Products Research and Development Institute’s (DOST-FPRDI) bamboo-framed face shields.

The Department of Science and Technology-Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) develops in 2020 bamboo-framed face shields with frames made from kauayan- tinik, a perennial, woody-stemmed grass known for its versatility. (Photo from DOST-FPRDI)

The DOST announced that the Bula Masarig Engineered Bamboo, one of the top manufacturers of bamboo-made products in Camarines Sur, shifted its business operations to produce the FPRDI-developed face shields with frames made from kauayan- tinik.

The kauayan-tinik is a perennial, woody-stemmed grass known for its versatility.

“Seeing the potential of the local company to produce the bamboo-framed face shields, the DOST-FPRDI and the Provincial Science and Technology Center (DOST-V PSTC) – Camarines Sur partnered to assist the Bula Masarig. The firm was provided with the needed requirements, technical designs, specifications, and technical assistance under the GREAT Women Project,” the DOST said in a statement.

The face shield is produced using DOST-FPRDI’s bamboo-framed face shield technology.

“The face shield is lightweight and convenient to use, with a linear length of 18 inches, has a replaceable PVC (polyvinyl chloride) sheet, and equipped with a non-slip adjustable strap,” the DOST said.

The department likewise cited the Bula Masarig Engineered Bamboo for developing an environment-friendly foot-pressed bamboo alcohol dispenser prototype that reduces physical contact with containers as a safety measure.

“DOST-V and PSTC-Camarines Sur continue to support, patronize, and promote locally- made products and technology to reduce the risks brought by COVID-19, and are working together to revitalize economic growth and development in the region,” it said.

The DOST-FPRDI produced last year the bamboo-framed face shields for distribution to frontline services in Laguna amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak.

“Our team had to improvise with the materials at hand because the enhanced community quarantine made it challenging to procure supplies,” explained DOST-FPRDI Director Romulo T. Aggangan.

He said the DOST-FPRDI is one with the science community in finding ways to protect the country’s frontliners and the public from COVID-19.

He said the Institute continued exploring other possible uses of forest products to help combat the global pandemic.

“The use of R&D (research and development) and scientific facts is all the more needed to cope in these challenging times,” Aggangan said.

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