[labnetwork] Transfer your Cleanroom gloves for Health care workers

Tue Mar 24 16:10:46 EDT 2020

All,
So great to see so many folks sharing info/details here. I found this
website which is very useful in terms of connecting directly to healthcare
centers in need, filtered by geography.

https://www.donateppe.org/

Best
MC

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On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 5:42 AM Jing Guo <jeanne.guo at rice.edu> wrote:

> All,
>
> I did some research about cleanroom PPE and medical PPE. Here is what I
> found and it may be useful when we try to donate to health care workers and
> the medical frontline.
>
> 1. Coverall
> The protection level of Tyvek 400 (cleanroom coverall) is lower than Tyvek
> 600 & 800 (medical use).
> Here is the information from Dupont website
>
> Tyvek® 400 garments are composed of flash spun high density polyethylene
> which creates a unique, nonwoven material available only from DuPont.
> Tyvek® 400 provides an ideal balance of protection, durability and comfort
> of any limited use fabric technology. Tyvek® 400 fabric offers an inherent
> barrier against particles (down to 1.0 micron in size). Protection is built
> into the fabric itself; there are no films or laminates to abrade or wear
> away. Tyvek® 400 fabric's durability advantage over microporous film
> fabrics delivers consistently better barrier, even after wear and abrasion.
> Applications include: lead and asbestos abatement/remediation, general
> maintenance/operations, spray painting, general clean-up.
>
> Tyvek® 800 garments combine resistance to low-concentration, water-based,
> inorganic chemicals (even under pressure) with the strength and durability
> of Tyvek® thanks to an innovative fabric technology and enhanced garment
> design. Developed to our highest standards, Tyvek® 800 coveralls are soft,
> comfortable and lightweight without compromising their level of durability.
> They are now available with serged and over-taped seams that provide the
> performance of Type 3/4/5/6 garments, which have been tested to standards
> against pressurized liquids, heavy liquid aerosols and airborne solid
> particles. The coveralls provide an effective barrier against many
> water-based inorganic chemicals in low concentration and particles (down to
> 1.0 micron in size), as well as oil repellency. Tyvek® 800 coveralls are
> suitable for applications such as industrial cleaning, chemical packaging
> and redistribution, waste treatment and disposal, and environmental
> remediation. Tyvek® 800 Type 3/4/5/6 coveralls offer the following safety
> and comfort benefits
>
> The best coverall for medical frontline is Tyvek 800 especially on the
> resistance to penetration by blood and body fluids.
> But if the medical supply become more urgent, at least Tyvek 400 can
> provide general protection for nurses, doctors and health care workers
> who don’t have the highest risk to get contaminated by COVID-19. One more
> layer is much better than nothing.
>
> 2. Mask
> Cleanroom masks should be comparable as the surgical masks. As disposal
> masks we should try to help as much as we can.
>
> 4. Gloves
> Cleanroom gloves should be good enough for medical use to prevent the
> contact to virus.
>
> 5. Goggles & face shield
> Goggles and face shields are the equipment can be reused. After use, wipe
> and sanitize it, then all of them should be good for the next use. The
> required amount for one hospital/institute of goggles and face shield
> should be easy to calculate.
>
> Hope the info above can at least reduce the confusion when we try to
> donate/help the local hospital.
>
> Stay safe!!!
>
>
>
> -Jing
> ---------------------------------------
> Jing Guo Ph.D.
> Research Scientist
> SEA Cleanroom (SST 017)
> Rice University
> Houston, TX
> jeanne.guo at rice.edu
> 713-348-8227
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mar 21, 2020, at 3:30 PM, Sandrine Martin <sandrine at umich.edu> wrote:
>
> All
>
> We did the same at U Michigan and indeed it took a lot of back and forth
> to translate nanofab characteristics into medical characteristics. We had
> to go back to manufacturers specs/data sheets. Some things worked and done
> didn’t....
>
> Good luck to everybody!
>
> ---
> Sandrine Martin
>
> On Mar 21, 2020, at 15:03, Albert William (Bill) Flounders <
> bill_flounders at berkeley.edu> wrote:
>
> Dan et al.,
> We have also made an inventory of all our PPE and provided it to the
> campus
> health care center for evaluation. We will make available any items they
> deem useful.
>
> I offer a note of caution. Evaluate your clean room suits with care; check
> the spec sheet.
> Our disposable clean room suits are a breathable material that is not
> designed to provide
> protection against pathogens or toxic particulates. It is important that
> the specifications
> are known and evaluated. We do not want to transfer items that provide any
> false sense of security.
>
> Bill Flounders
> UC Berkeley NanoLab
>
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 21, 2020 at 9:03 AM Daniel Christensen <dcchrist at wisc.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear Labnetwork Community,
>>
>>
>>
>> In these trying times there are things we can do to help.  I contacted my
>> EHS people to let them know about the inventory of cleanroom gloves that I
>> have on hand.  They just informed me that they will be coming on Tuesday to
>> get these gloves and transport them to the health care workers on the front
>> lines of COVID-19.  So the 30,000 individual gloves that I have stocked
>> will be moving on to the local Hospitals.
>>
>>
>>
>> I am happy to know that we could do something to help.  If you have large
>> inventories of gloves, please consider you community needs.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks, and stay safe.
>>
>>
>>
>> Dan C
>>
>>
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