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ADVANCE Perspective: Respiratory Therapy

Meet the Do-It-Yourself Spacer

Published July 9, 2008 8:38 AM by Shawn Proctor

I love presentations that compare the effectiveness of expensive MDI spacers and the good old fashioned toilet paper roll.  Not sure how well this company's do-it-yourself spacer performs, but the price is certainly attractive.

Using paper and a precise system of cuts and folds, we have designed a spacer that can be produced for approximately 25 cents, a cost reduction of more than 99%. Furthermore, the device can be distributed as a flat sheet to be folded into a usable form on-site, so hundreds can be sent for the cost of a stamp. (From http://www.changemakers.net/en-us/node/1389)

Read about paper spacers

 -- Shawn Proctor

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