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Grenova’s Plan to Stop Supply Shortages in COVID-19 Testing Labs

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Mask Up, RVA: Jillian Rene Decor

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On the Road to Removing Transportation as a Barrier to Health

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🐶One of our favorite rescue pups standing proud

🐶One of our favorite rescue pups standing proudly in front of one of our favorite #RVA murals. This is Ollie, a Dapple Chiweenie with the best ear game in town, posted up in front of Jake Van Yahres’ RVA unity mural in Scott’s Addition. You can follow Ollie’s adventures around the River City, along with his stylish choice in bow ties and bandannas, @bygollymisterollie and follow Jake’s impressive work @jvycreations.

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Changing the sport here in #rva. 📸 @actionmik

Changing the sport here in #rva.

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🎉Next up in our series celebrating local health

🎉Next up in our series celebrating local health tech leaders and innovators we spotlight @grenovasolutions, a #Richmondva based company that has created a way for COVID-19 testing labs to avoid pending supply shortages. As medical labs struggle to keep pace with requests for COVID-19 tests a stark reality is emerging – the supplies required to run the most important test of our times are dwindling. In particular the small plastic pipette tips used to transfer liquid samples are in short supply. Located @cloptonsiteworks in the south side, Grenova was founded by Ali Safavi as the world’s only technology capable of washing and reusing these plastic pipette tips instead of discarding them after a single use.

♻️Grenova’s solution couldn’t come at a better time, as labs are using 10 plastic pipette tips for every COVID-19 test before tossing them in biohazard bins that ultimately find their way to landfills. Even prior to COVID-19 single use pipette tips were leading to more than 5.5 million metric tons of plastic waste per year from the scientific community, a number that is now spiking. As a solution, Grenova’s technology has washed and reused over 100 million pipette tips, removed over 313,000 lbs. of plastic waste, and saved labs over $9 million that would have been spent on pipette tips. Ali, @safavinator, says that Labs using Grenova’s Richmond-made products have reduced plastic pipette tip consumption by 90%!

🏥 Read about Ali’s path to creating Grenova in #RVA and his plan to prevent lab shortages around the world: Richmondgrid.com.

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In today's "Mask Up, RVA" installment by @nickdavi

In today's "Mask Up, RVA" installment by @nickdavisphoto we spotlight the hard work of @jilliancarmine, owner and designer at @jillianrenedecor. Jillian, a @vcuarts graduate, is celebrating eight years of designing and handcrafting custom pillows. Her business is best known for its colorblock pillow design, which incorporates a system of pieces and proportions carefully designed into production which can be switched out to customize colors. Then things changed. Since April her business has created 3000+ fabric masks handcrafted in Richmond. She has made donations to medical facilities across Virginia and across the country. Jillian has also worked with other local businesses like @martinagency for donations supporting @vcuhealth; @perch_rva for donations supporting Bon Secours, and State Farm in Chesapeake for donations supporting Sentera. Read Jillian's #maskuprva story: richmondgrid.com

This week we launch our series celebrating top Ric

This week we launch our series celebrating top Richmond Healthcare Innovators. These are the stories of the entrepreneurs, startups, big thinkers, and risk takers who are needed now more than ever. We begin our series with @roundtriphealth’s efforts to transform the old, inefficient paper-based system of finding medical transportation into a robust digital app that’s “Uberizing” all NEMT (non-emergency medical transportation) resources in over 40 states. In just a few clicks, the Roundtrip Booking Portal connects hospitals and health plans with patient-appropriate rides in advance or at a moment’s notice 24/7. As COVID-19 sent hospitals, health systems, and transportation services scrambling to meet new challenges, Roundtrip, an alumni of @lighthouselabsrva, wasted no time adapting its system to the new normal.

“We actually ended up very quickly and early on in March making a change in our product to track and understand these COVID patients we were transporting,” says Roundtrip Chief Technology Officer Ankit Mathur (pictured). “We made product modifications in the way we track patients that are or presumed COVID positive. So we were able to first route those people to the appropriate vehicle type, which is really important. And we were also able to make sure and understand the people that were in contact with that individual throughout the transportation sequence, so we knew which company took the patient, who the crew was, etc.”

Check out "On the Road to Removing Transportation as a Barrier to Health" on Richmondgrid.com.

📸Photo by Jud Froelich.

#healthit #rvabusiness #healthcareleaders #rva #richmondva #roundtriphealth

Over the weekend, volunteers from @381movement par

Over the weekend, volunteers from @381movement participated in a community cleanup in Whitcomb Court as part of the organization’s ongoing care projects. 381 Movement is a nonprofit made up of activists, lawyers, volunteers, and community leaders on a mission is to be the solution to racial-social injustice. The organization was founded in 2020 as a response to the nationwide protests surrounding the murder of George Floyd and the deaths of hundreds of others failed by the system. The four-pronged approach of 381 Movement is based on Research, Education, Legislation, and Volunteerism. By using a solution-based lens, the organization empowers, educates, and evolves the community. Follow @381movement and get involved. 📸 @susantrivers_nvr2lateimages

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