On April 22 we had a pipe elbow failure in our Emergency Department (ED) causing a significant water leak. Crews are assessing the impact and we are in the process of water abatement. Our ED is open, but several rooms are currently offline which could increase wait times. Some surgeries are also being rescheduled.
Join Javier Bobadilla, Safety Specialist and Anne Nienow-Birch, Clinical Nurse Specialist for this short 3-minute video to learn all about the safe practices related to N95 use and reuse, including:
◦N95 quality check
◦Safe donning
◦User seal-check
◦Safe doffing
◦Disinfection of your N95 between uses
◦Requesting a replacement
For questions or more information, please contact the Safety Team at EMVMCC_SAFETY@valleymed.org.