Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

What We Can Use

  • Surgical masks
  • N95 masks (medical grade, NIOSH certified, sizes large and small)
  • Homemade masks and face shields (please see details below)
  • Face shields
  • Examination gloves (sterile and unsterile, all sizes)
  • Protective glasses, goggles and shields 
  • Isolation gowns
  • Surgical gowns
  • Bouffant caps
  • Thermometers (disposable strips or thermometers, or temporal infrared)
  • Bleach wipes
  • Sani wipes

PLEASE NOTE: All items must be unused and in unopened packages. We will accept items that are past their expiration date.

Homemade Masks and Face Shields

If you are able and willing to help, we thank you for sharing your time and skills! 

  • Non-smoking homes only, please.
  • Please do not make masks/face shields if you are ill.

Cloth Face Masks

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends using a cloth face covering whenever maintaining social distancing is difficult. Cloth face masks are offered to patients coming into our facilities and those being discharged from the hospital.

  • Use 100% cotton, tightly woven fabric (do not use felt).
  • Download instructions and pattern:

Face Shields

Made from 16 or 20 gauge marine grade vinyl, these shields extend the use of the PPE worn by our staff.

Where To Drop Off

Beaufort

Beaufort Memorial Medical and Administrative Center

990 Ribaut Road, first-floor lobby

Mon.-Fri. —  8 AM-5 PM

Please do not drop items off at the hospital.

Bluffton

May River Primary Care

1 Burnt Church Road, use the door facing 278/Fording Island Road

Mon.-Thurs. — 8 AM-5 PM

Fri. — 8 AM-Noon