isynco Group Limited has responded to a call from the South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA) through the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) to supply polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles to make medical spacers, also called holding chambers.

The spacers, which make it easier to coordinate breathing than traditional inhalers and nebulizers, are being used to aid the needs of increased respiratory patients due to the effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Jamaica.

Though nebulizers are more commonly used for the treatment of asthma, cystic fibrosis, COPD and other respiratory disorders or diseases, Senior Medical Officer (SMO) at the KPH, Dr Natalie Whylie shared that “There is recent medical evidence that indicates there is no difference with the treatment efficacy with using the spacer and a metered dose inhaler [MDI] versus nebulizing the patient.”

Dr Whylie commented that “The provision of modified PET bottles which are being used as spacers have allowed for the continued treatment of asthmatic and other patients with respiratory conditions at the hospital. The spacers have eliminated the need for nebulization of these patients and the potential exposure of the health care worker to aerosolised respiratory secretions.”

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