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NIOSH is about to come out with new guidance on disinfection and reuse. As I understand it, the Battelle system will get high marks. And one expedient is to put a used N95 in a paper bag for five days before reusing it, since there=E2=80™s pretty fair evidence that the virus will be sufficiently degraded in 2-3 days. We've been urging them to say in the guidance that these are stopgap measures, not as protective as getting a new respirator after every use, and only to be used in a supply crisis.These are excruciating problems. We=E2=80™re talking to health care workers every day who are short of not just respirators, but gowns, face shields, booties, gloves. And for their patients the projected shortages aren't just beds and ventilators but, in one case, IV tubing. There's enough blame to go around, but some of it falls on hospital administrators, who take pride in running a hospital "like a business," and think an MBA outweighs a MPH or MD. And that's equally true for the "nonprofit" hospitals. Just-in-time supply works well in an auto plant. Not in a hospital; not in a pandemic.MikeMichael J. WrightDirector of Health, Safety and EnvironmentUnited Steelworkers412-562-2580 office412-370-0105 cell"My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world."Jack LaytonFrom: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety [mailto:DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**PRINCETON.EDU] On Behalf Of jeskiekb**At_Symbol_Here**comcast.net
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Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] N-95 disinfection and reuseI haven't had time to read through the full set of emails on this, so sorry if this is a repeat. Battelle has some basic information on the system on the website.Sent from my Verizon LG Smartphone------ Original message------From: Monona Rossol<0000030664c37427-dmarc-request**At_Symbol_Here**LISTS..PRINCETON.EDU>Date: Mon, Mar 30, 2020 1:26 PMCc:Subject:Re: [DCHAS-L] N-95 disinfection and reuseWell, thank you Jack and Stanford. Finally a nice clear presentation on these issues stating what we all probably knew deep in our kishehs. Monona-----Original Message-----
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Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] N-95 disinfection and reuseAll,As a side note, if you saw the original version of the Stanford item, they have since expanded on it significantly, including adding many disclaimers. https://stanfordmedicine.app.box.com/v/covid19-PPE-1-1Sincerely,Jack Reidy (he/him)Research Safety SpecialistEnvironmental Health & SafetyStanford University484 Oak Road, Stanford, CA, 94305Tel: (650) 497-7614From: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety <dchas-l**At_Symbol_Here**princeton.edu< a="">> </dchas-l**At_Symbol_Here**princeton.edu<>On Behalf Of Reinhardt, Peter
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Subject: [DCHAS-L] N-95 disinfection and reuseColleagues,On 25 March the Stanford School of Medicine published a nice Q&A on the shortage of face masks and N-95 respirators. See file:///Users/pareinhardt/Downloads/mask-ppe-EBM-Stanford%20Medicine%20v1.2-3-25-2020.pdfOn pages 5-6 there is a good discussion of the various methods that can be used to disinfect N-95s, including a helpful table and references. One refence shows that hot water vapor from boiling water for ten minutes is an effective decontamination method.At Yale, we plan to use vaporized hydrogen peroxide to decontaminate and reuse N-95s using the methods described here:Pete ReinhardtDirector, Yale Office of Environmental Health and Safety--- For more information about the DCHAS-L e-mail list, contact the Divisional membership chair at membership**At_Symbol_Here**dchas.org Follow us on Twitter **At_Symbol_Here**acsdchas--- For more information about the DCHAS-L e-mail list, contact the Divisional membership chair at membership**At_Symbol_Here**dchas.org Follow us on Twitter **At_Symbol_Here**acsdchas--- For more information about the DCHAS-L e-mail list, contact the Divisional membership chair at membership**At_Symbol_Here**dchas.org Follow us on Twitter **At_Symbol_Here**acsdchas--- For more information about the DCHAS-L e-mail list, contact the Divisional membership chair at membership**At_Symbol_Here**dchas.org Follow us on Twitter **At_Symbol_Here**acsdchas--- For more information about the DCHAS-L e-mail list, contact the Divisional membership chair at membership**At_Symbol_Here**dchas.org Follow us on Twitter **At_Symbol_Here**acsdchas
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