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Our response is quite similar - focus upon the shared spaces, improve hygiene,
raise awareness. <br></div><div>Increased wipedowns of common spaces and equipment especially the gowning room terminals and all phones.</div><div>
<div>Reminders also sent regarding stigma and discrimination:<br></div><div><a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/about/related-stigma.html" target="_blank">https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/about/related-stigma.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>
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<div>Though the campus has suspended most in-person classes, the campus (thus far) is not closing.<br></div><div>Campus buildings remain open, and many campus operations proceed as normal.
</div><span><div>As a research support operation, the Berkeley NanoLab remains open.</div></span>
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</div><div><br></div><div>Bill Flounders</div><div>UC Berkeley<br></div>
</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Mar 10, 2020 at 4:46 PM Sandrine Martin <<a href="mailto:sandrine@umich.edu">sandrine@umich.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Dear all,<div><br></div><div>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...</div><div><br></div><div>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:</div><div>- 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;<br></div><div>- 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;</div><div>- 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).</div><div><div>- 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;</div><div></div></div><div><br></div><div>Any thoughts or other ideas/concerns?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks</div><div>Sandrine</div><div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Sandrine Martin, Ph.D.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><u></u></p><p style="margin:0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">University of Michigan </p><p style="margin:0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">LNF Managing Director<u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin:0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">1246D EECS, 1301 Beal Ave<u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin:0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Ann Arbor, MI 48109<u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin:0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Cell <a value="+17342772365" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">734-277-2365</a><u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin:0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Fax <a value="+17346471781" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">734-647-1781</a><u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin:0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="http://www.lnf.umich.edu/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.LNF.umich.edu</a> </p><p style="margin:0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">@LurieNanofab</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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