[labnetwork] COVID-19 Plans?

[Iulian Codreanu]

UDel has decided to suspend classes for the rest of the week and start 
spring break next week (two weeks earlier). Classes will be offered 
online starring March 23rd.

The campus remains open and research is, for the most part, to proceed 
as normal until further notice. The NanoFab, like other shared 
facilities, is tasked with continuing operations as long as the 
University stays open.

In addition to encouraging improved personal hygiene an instituting more 
frequent wiping down of the gowning area benches, door handles, etc. and 
shared items in the lab, we are asking the users to put gloves on before 
they enter the gowning room. The 2nd pair of gloves is put on before 
entering the cleanroom.

iulian Codreanu, Ph.D.
Director, Nanofabrication Facility
University of Delaware
Harker ISE Lab, Room 163
221 Academy Street
Newark, DE 19716
302-831-2784
http://udnf.udel.edu

On 3/11/2020 11:53 AM, Albert William (Bill) Flounders wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto: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
>
>     1246D EECS, 1301 Beal Ave
>
>     Ann Arbor, MI 48109
>
>     Cell 734-277-2365
>
>     Fax 734-647-1781
>
>     www.LNF.umich.edu <http://www.lnf.umich.edu/>
>
>     @LurieNanofab
>
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