[MCOH-EH] Respirators & testing

Tara Dockery tdockery at oceanbeachhospital.com
Mon Mar 30 16:06:03 PDT 2020


Until we are in a crisis scenario we are not using any masks that is not medical grade and did not come through our products approval committee. We have one immunocompromised employee who is allowed to wear her N99 mask at the nurses desk area because her provider gave her a note to wear it, and it is considered an ADA requirement through approval from HR.  She is to doff it and wear hospital approved masks for any standard precautions or patient in isolation, etc.
We will see how long we can last….

Tara


Tara Lee Dockery, IP, MT(ASCP), BS | Infection Preventionist and Employee Health
Ocean Beach Hospital and Medical Clinics
174 1st Ave North | P.O. Box H | Ilwaco |WA | 98624
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From: MCOH-EH [mailto:mcoh-eh-bounces+tdockery=oceanbeachhospital.com at mylist.net] On Behalf Of Abhijay Karandikar via MCOH-EH
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1. When there is such a shortage of N-95s and the importance of PPE for healthcare workers is clear, is anyone using other respirators in health care:

N-99, N-100 or even the R and P series? Elastomeric reusable respirators?

2. We have been asked by a vendor to consider a "rapid coronavirus test" that will be available from 4/1. It is not FDA approved since there are exceptions on that currently. Anyone has any more information on this?

Abhijay

Abhijay P. Karandikar, MD, MPH, FACOEM
Chief - Section of Occupational Medicine


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From: "Barnosky,Sandra" <barnosky at uchc.edu<mailto:barnosky at uchc.edu>>
Date: 3/20/20 7:39 AM (GMT-05:00)
To: 'MCOH-EH' <mcoh-eh at mylist.net<mailto:mcoh-eh at mylist.net>>
Subject: Re: [MCOH-EH] Covid-19 restrictions for vulnerable healthcare personnel

We are following CDC and employees can ask to be reassigned based on the following:

For this guidance, we are utilizing the CDC guidance for the definition of severe immunocompromised based on medical conditions and medications, which may be found at:

https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/yellowbook/2020/travelers-with-additional-considerations/immunocompromised-travelers


1.AGE: If you are age 65 or older, you may be considered for re-assignment.

2.PREGNANCY: If you are pregnant, you may ask for an assignment that would limit your exposure to confirmed or suspected COVID-19 patients during higher risk procedures, e.g. aerosol generating procedures.

3.UNDERLYING MEDICAL CONDITIONS: If you have any of the following medical conditions, you may be considered “severely immunocompromised”:
•Active leukemia or lymphoma
•Generalized malignancy
•Aplastic anemia
•Graft-versus-host disease
•Congenital immunodeficiency
•Recent radiation therapy or checkpoint inhibitor treatment •Solid-organ transplant recipients and who are on active immunosuppression •CAR-T cell transplant recipients within 2 years of transplantation or still taking immunosuppressive drugs •Hematopoietic stem cell within 2 years of transplantation or still taking immunosuppressive drugs •Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection and a CD4 count < 200 cells/mm3
4.MEDICATIONS: If you are taking any of the medications listed below, you may be considered “severely immunocompromised.”


If you meet any of the above criteria you may request to be voluntarily re-assigned.

List of Medications that Constitute Severe Immunocompromise •High-dose corticosteroids

o   defined as a dose of either >2 mg/kg of body weight or ≥20 mg per day of prednisone or equivalent in people who weigh >10 kg, when administered for ≥2 weeks
•Alkylating agents(such as cyclophosphamide) •Antimetabolites(such as azathioprine, 6-mercaptopurine, methotrexate).
•Transplant-related immunosuppressive drugs(such as cyclosporine, tacrolimus, sirolimus, everolimus, azathioprine, and mycophenolate mofetil) •Cancer chemotherapeutic agents •Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) blockers(e.g. etanercept, adalimumab, certolizumab pegol, golimumab, and infliximab) •Lymphocyte-depleting agents (thymoglobulin or alemtuzumab) •Other biologic agentsthat are immunosuppressive or immunomodulatory including the following:

GENERIC NAME                TRADE NAME

Abatacept                           Orencia

Adalimumab                      Humira

Alemtuzumab                   Campath

Anakinra                              Kineret

Atezolizumab                    Tecentriq

Avelumab                           Bavencio

Basiliximab                          Simulect

Belatacept                          Nulojix

Bevacizumab                     Avastin

Certolizumab pegol         Cimzia

Cetuximab                          Erbitux

Dasatinib                             Sprycel

Dimethyl fumarate          Tecfidera

Etanercept                          Enbrel

Fingolimod                          Gilenya

Glatiramer acetate          Copaxone

Golimumab                        Simponi

Ibritumomab tiuxetan    Zevalin

Ibrutinib                               Imbruvica

Imatinib mesylate            Gleevec, STI 571


GENERIC NAME                TRADE NAME

Infliximab                            Remicade

Interferon alfa                   Pegasys, PegIntron

Interferon beta-1a          Avonex, Rebif

Interferon beta-1b          Betaseron

Natalizumab                       Tsabri

Nivolumab                          Opdivo

Ofatumumab                     Arzerra

Panitumumab                   Vectibix

Pembrolizumab                Keytruda

Lenalidomide                     Revlimid

Rilonacept                           Arcalyst

Rituximab                            Rituxan

Sarilumab                            Kevzara

Secukinumab                     Cosentyx

Sunitinib malate               Sutent

Tocilizumab                        Actemra

Tofacitinib                           Xeljanz

Trastuzumab                      Herceptin

Ustekinumab                     Stelara

Vedolizumab                     Entyvio


From: MCOH-EH [mailto:mcoh-eh-bounces+barnosky=up.uchc.edu at mylist.net] On Behalf Of Hodgson, Michael - OSHA via MCOH-EH
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Cc: Hodgson, Michael - OSHA <Hodgson.Michael at dol.gov<mailto:Hodgson.Michael at dol.gov>>
Subject: Re: [MCOH-EH] Covid-19 restrictions for vulnerable healthcare personnel

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The venerable Dr Teichman appropriately defends a non-discriminatory practice...  But here CDC has uttered a new warning. In fact, since language ambiguities made some people interpret their warning that all employees over 65 should stay home and not enter Federal buildings even if they are essential staff.  Sigh

From a 70-year old...
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From: MCOH-EH <mcoh-eh-bounces at mylist.net<mailto:mcoh-eh-bounces at mylist.net>> on behalf of Teichman, Ron F <Ron.Teichman at bannerhealth.com<mailto:Ron.Teichman at bannerhealth.com>>
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At this point the first question that must be asked is why does an immunocompromised HCW feel they cannot be around someone potentially infected with COVID-19, but has no such concern over potential infections with measles, TB or influenza? If they are immunocompromised they should avoid contact with potentially infectious patients, but should not pick an dchoose which disease they don't want to work around (remind anyone of GRIDS?).

Ron Teichman, M.D., M.P.H., FACOEM, FACP
Division Medical Director
Banner Occupational Health and Wellness
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From: MCOH-EH <mcoh-eh-bounces at mylist.net<mailto:mcoh-eh-bounces at mylist.net>> On Behalf Of Sumeet Batra
Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 5:58 PM
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Subject: [EXTERNAL] [MCOH-EH] Covid-19 restrictions for vulnerable healthcare personnel

Hello,

I am interested in what my colleagues at other institutions are doing with vulnerable HCP, such as HCP over 60, pregnant, immunocompromised.  At this time my institution has not recommended changes in work practices, such as not assigning these workers to known or suspected Covid cases but we are getting a lot of pushback from employees and physicians who feel unsafe.  I am wary of the legal/ethical/logistical issues that could arise from creating these restrictions but would be very interested in how others are handling this.

Sumeet Batra, MD, MPH
Medical Director of Occupational Health
Cook Children’s Healthcare System
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