Hi, all, from my perch far away from the reality of daily work in hospitals, some questions

1. Have any of you practiced the guidance on ppe doffing with a buddy, discarding doffed gear, and moving waste without contaminating yourselves and are clearly successful?  Has that worked in  the traditional anterooms of Airborne Infection Isolation Rooms? 

2. Has anyone worked to create or had to create an alternative floor plan, using neighboring rooms?  Creating doorways?

3. Has anyone figured out how much waste they really produce taking care of a sick patient?

4. Has anyone addressed the local sterilization / autoclaving approach and requirements?

Eager to hear if they have and would love to chat by phone

If there’s interest, I’m happy to create a phone conference to address this  (for people who don’t remember, from 1999 to 2012 I was a very active member of this group withoepraitonal responsibility for ht eVHA health care system in employee health matter though I’m now at a different agency.  This agency is in compliance assistance mode, including in Dallas, not in enforcement mode)

Michael

Michael J. Hodgson, MD, MPH

Chief Medical Officer and Director, Office of Occupational Medicine

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Department of Labor

200 Constitution Ave, NW Rm 3457

Washington DC 20210