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Hi Rob,<br>
What type of smocks are you using? Cloth or disposable? Also how are you handling waste gloves, smocks, hats, shoecovers etc. Is it now considered bio- waste and if so was special training required?
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> labnetwork-bounces@mtl.mit.edu <labnetwork-bounces@mtl.mit.edu> on behalf of Robert MacDonald <robert.j.macdon@gmail.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 27, 2020 2:42:35 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Albert William (Bill) Flounders<br>
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<div>We are running a short staff. Only two engineers. Split shift on maintenance. Only technicians. In total about 25% normal personnel.
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<div>A few obvious things similar t what has been said. Physical distance where possible such as gowning area enforced. Great care around shared spaces such as SEM for disinfection. </div>
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<div>One key is face mask use. Making sure disposable face mask handled with great care. </div>
<div>No PPE sharing particularly face shields. Face shield disinfection. </div>
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<div id="AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr">Thanks,
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On Apr 21, 2020, at 6:13 PM, Albert William (Bill) Flounders <<a href="mailto:bill_flounders@berkeley.edu">bill_flounders@berkeley.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div>I have been intentionally slow to respond to this inquiry.</div>
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<div>The Berkeley NanoLab's present stance is that our city, county, and state imposed some
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<div>of the earliest shelter in place orders in the country, and we continue to follow them.</div>
<div>We do not yet have a schedule or standard defined for return to research operations.</div>
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<div>Split shifts, alternate days, maintain distance, caution with shared PPE, etc.
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<div>I do not have any bullet points to share that haven't already been considered.
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<div>Though I don't have a unique insight to the common challenges we face, <br>
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<div>I found Sandrine Martin's (U Michigan) reply with a plan for staged return <br>
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<div>Each of us needs to define our stages and what the measures and timing are associated with each stage.<br>
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<div>This will be a thoughtful and gradual process, with some components unique to our specific operations,
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<div>and with the possibility of having to come to full stop again, at any time.</div>
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<div>We will get through this.</div>
<div>My best to all,</div>
<div>Bill</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 4:39 PM Sandrine Martin <<a href="mailto:sandrine@umich.edu" target="_blank">sandrine@umich.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div>We are also in planning mode at Michigan and waiting for the go ahead and likely recommendations/restrictions from our state and university officials (as of now, our current stay at home order is effective until 4/30). We're looking at different sequential
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<div>1- replenishing our stock of supplies (most were donated to the hospital, so we need to make sure we have enough before we move to the next phase)</div>
<div>2- staff only, bringing facilities and tools back online</div>
<div>3- authorized/independent users only (no training)</div>
<div>4- all users</div>
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<div>During all of these phases, we are planning for updated protocols that will be different from our "old" (pre-COVID - which feels such a long time ago....) operation model.</div>
<div>- additional cleaning, both outside of the lab (where no PPE is worn) and inside of the lab</div>
<div>- updated gowning protocols (face masks required even in our "class 10,000" space, double gloving mandatory, garment bags and safety glasses not shared among lab users, or heavily cleaned between usage)</div>
<div>- increased air exchanges and prefilters added before our HEPA filters in gowning area .</div>
<div>- social distancing protocols (hence the "no training" in phase 3) </div>
<div> * limiting the number of people in the gowning area at the same time</div>
<div> * showing our users the schedule for tools that are in close proximity and having guidelines about maximum number of people for each physical area - for now, we are looking at relying on users following protocols (rather than hard restrictions from
our lab management or access control system).<br>
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<div> * enhancing our training methods so that they rely less on close proximity (we already have wiki pages and SOPs for all tools, and online quizzes for a few, but we're looking at developing this further, and including video training if possible - we
don't yet have any of these).</div>
<div> * limiting onsite staff presence (at least initially) with rotation between two teams, possibly increasing air exchanges in office areas too.</div>
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<div>It's definitely still a work in progress - looking forward to hearing about other ideas from the rest of you!</div>
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social distancing will still be the norm so process & equipment training will need to be handled differently. We’re just now starting to plan for returning to a full research operation and we’re wondering if you all are developing similar plans? It would
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