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The Denver Post reported March 28 that mattress manufacturer and retailer Denver Mattress Co. produced 40,000 face masks that were distributed to local hospitals for use on patients who come in with COVID-19 symptoms. The masks are meant to help protect against the spread of the disease and are non-rated. They don’t provide the same level of protection as pathogen-filtering N95 masks, which are in short supply.
The Denver-based company said it is ramping up production of these masks and has reached out to a number of organizations and hospital networks in the region — including the Veterans Administration — and found there is considerable interest in obtaining the masks.
General Manager Bob Rensink said, “In showing the medical community (our prototypes), they’re very excited to get these to put on patients coming in until they can get diagnosed.”
The company expects to produce 3,000 to 5,000 masks per day and has a team of 20 Denver mattress employees sewing masks six days a week.
The company said it continues to manufacture mattresses to fulfill orders and also has the capacity and ability to manufacture additional beds for hospital intensive care units, as needed.
