Guide to Creating Reusable Laminated PPE Portraits

We’ve been hard at work these past few months designing a reusable version of PPE Portraits. Our goals were:

  • stands up to frequent decontamination with “black top” or other hospital-grade disinfection wipes
  • securely affixed at top and bottom to prevent cross-contamination
  • puncture-free attachment
  • low gloss for easy patient visibility
  • high photo quality
  • off the shelf components
  • low cost

We have settled on a matte lamination design. This design affixes with off-the-shelf embedded steel plate that attache to neodymium magnets.

A rapidly evolving “how to guide” can be found in this google doc.