New Care Cube Reduces COVID-19 Infection For Health Care Workers

Published August 21, 2020 at 10:45 AM MDT

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Hugging a patient using the Care Cube. (Courtesy of Toyota Research Institute and Otherlab)

A low-cost portable isolation unit that reduces the need for personal protective equipment goes into production in late August. The Care Cube has a glove window that allows medical personnel to touch patients without wearing personal protective equipment.

As Jon Kalish reports, the Care Cube also has a hug suit for loved ones to see and hug patients with COVID-19 or other infectious diseases.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.