[labnetwork] COVID-19 Plans?

[Albert William (Bill) Flounders]

 Our response is quite similar - focus upon the shared spaces, improve
hygiene, raise awareness.
Increased wipedowns of common spaces and equipment especially the gowning
room terminals and all phones.
Reminders also sent regarding stigma and discrimination:
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/about/related-stigma.html

Though the campus has suspended most in-person classes, the campus (thus
far) is not closing.
Campus buildings remain open, and many campus operations proceed as normal.
As a research support operation, the Berkeley NanoLab remains open.

Bill Flounders
UC Berkeley

On Tue, Mar 10, 2020 at 4:46 PM Sandrine Martin <sandrine at umich.edu> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> Many of you may have been asked for - or are already thinking about -
> plans to manage the situation in our shared facilities in light of the
> COVID-19 (corona virus) situation. I'm curious about what, if anything, you
> have implemented or planned so far...
>
> Here at the Univ of Michigan LNF, we have not made any big changes at this
> point but here are the steps that we have taken or planned:
> - we've added daily cleaning of all shared surfaces accessed when people
> have no gloves (computer room, conference room etc) and provided
> antibacterial wipes in these areas;
> - we are planning to add the ability to wash hands (or access hand
> sanitizer) at the entrances to our lab spaces and more strictly enforcing
> the "first put gloves on before doing anything else" rule;
> - we are developing protocols that would avoid the current practice of
> cleanroom garment bags being potentially passed on from one user to the
> next (cleanroom garments are never shared and sent to the laundry every
> week, and face masks, bouffant caps and gloves are disposed of at every lab
> exit).
> - we are supporting staff telecommuting for the (few) duties that can be
> done remotely. This could be expanded if needed but would start impacting
> the level of lab operations and services provided to our community;
>
> Any thoughts or other ideas/concerns?
>
> Thanks
> Sandrine
> --
>
> Sandrine Martin, Ph.D.
>
> University of Michigan
>
> LNF Managing Director
>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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