[MCOH-EH] PPE doffing spaxe erquirements for buddy systems

[Hodgson, Michael - OSHA]

Hi, interesting. Do you have a floor plan, with room dimensions, that you could circulate?
Does your "dummy fluid testing" involve fluorescence?
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From: MCOH-EH <mcoh-eh-bounces at mylist.net> on behalf of Amy Behrman <behrman at mail.med.upenn.edu>
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2014 11:31:33 AM
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Subject: Re: [MCOH-EH] PPE doffing spaxe erquirements for buddy systems

We are practicing buddy donning and doffing and plan to test with "dummy fluids". It needs more space than our airborne isolation anterooms provide. We did construct new anterooms (repurposing adjacent rooms). I would love to participate in a phone conference. Amy

Amy Behrman,MD
University of Pennsylvania
215-662-3192


On Oct 27, 2014, at 8:18 AM, "Hodgson, Michael - OSHA" <Hodgson.Michael at dol.gov<mailto:Hodgson.Michael at dol.gov>> wrote:

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


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