[MCOH-EH] MCOH-EH Digest, Vol 255, Issue 92
Corrigan, Mary
mary_corrigan at harvard.edu
Tue Mar 31 13:39:58 PDT 2020
https://www.safety.duke.edu/sites/default/files/N-95_VHP-Decon-Re-Use.pdf Duke University just had a webinar..I believe it will be posted soon; meanwhile, there is their VHP Decon-Reuse paper.
Mary
Mary Julie Corrigan, SM, CIH
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Today's Topics:
1. Re: cloth masks redux? (Tara Dockery)
2. Re: cloth masks redux? (Ball, Cynthia)
3. Mask reuse (Jeremy Biggs)
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2020 23:09:13 +0000
From: Tara Dockery <tdockery at oceanbeachhospital.com>
To: MCOH-EH <mcoh-eh at mylist.net>
Subject: Re: [MCOH-EH] cloth masks redux?
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Even though this recommendation came out, we are recommending people who are immunocompromised at home, over 65 etc. wear these masks, but for our healthcare facility I cannot depend on these to be safe for healthcare work, so we are not allowing any home made products at this time for healthcare purposes.
Tara
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Subject: Re: [MCOH-EH] cloth masks redux?
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On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 2:14 PM Deborah a Sampson via MCOH-EH <mcoh-eh at mylist.net<mailto:mcoh-eh at mylist.net>> wrote:
The local community hospital is planning on using cloth masks over proper face masks to ameliorate the COVID 19 mask shortage. Community member sew masks at home.
I am a little taken aback by this but my infection prevention knowledge may be outdated?.
Is anyone else aware of this practice being done elsewhere and being acceptable?
Thanks
Deb Sampson, PhD, APRN, FAANP
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Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2020 23:13:32 +0000
From: "Ball, Cynthia" <Cynthia.Ball at uthct.edu>
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Subject: Re: [MCOH-EH] cloth masks redux?
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We are also not allowing any homemade cloth masks at this time for healthcare purposes.
Best Regards,
Cynthia K. Ball, DO MS
UTHSC Tyler
903.877.1424 office
From: MCOH-EH <mcoh-eh-bounces at mylist.net> On Behalf Of Tara Dockery
Sent: Monday, March 30, 2020 6:09 PM
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Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [MCOH-EH] cloth masks redux?
Even though this recommendation came out, we are recommending people who are immunocompromised at home, over 65 etc. wear these masks, but for our healthcare facility I cannot depend on these to be safe for healthcare work, so we are not allowing any home made products at this time for healthcare purposes.
Tara
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Sent: Friday, March 20, 2020 11:16 AM
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CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders.
USP updated guidelines this week. You can find approved PPE information on their website. You can use polyester, bandanas, etc.
On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 2:14 PM Deborah a Sampson via MCOH-EH <mcoh-eh at mylist.net<mailto:mcoh-eh at mylist.net>> wrote:
The local community hospital is planning on using cloth masks over proper face masks to ameliorate the COVID 19 mask shortage. Community member sew masks at home.
I am a little taken aback by this but my infection prevention knowledge may be outdated?.
Is anyone else aware of this practice being done elsewhere and being acceptable?
Thanks
Deb Sampson, PhD, APRN, FAANP
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2020 19:11:38 +0000 (UTC)
From: Jeremy Biggs <jerbiggs at yahoo.com>
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Subject: [MCOH-EH] Mask reuse
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At our health center we are planning on a mask reuse program so if we get to the point that we need to reuse procedural masks and N95 respirators we have a policy/process in place.?
For procedural masks we are autoclaving, for N95 following a similar process as reported by the University of Nebraska with UV decontamination and returning the N95 to the original user up to maybe 5 times based off how well the masks hold up.
Interested in any other institutions program/process that you have been using, things that have seemed to go well, versus things that don't seem to go well??
We have process engineers setting up our processes, and will share those once they are developed.?
Thank you
Jeremy Biggs MD MSPH FACOEMAssistant Professor, RMCOEH, University of Utah
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