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Desperate Need for PPE

There is a desperate need for any unused Personal Protective Gear by the medical and first responder communities.

This would include N95 Masks, P95 Masks, P100 Masks, Surgical Masks, Tyvek or like suits of any kind, isolation gowns, latex or nitrile gloves, goggles, protective eye wear and face shields. Also, hand sanitizer and alcohol/disinfecting wipes.

Please search your operations and consider a donation, if you do not have an immediate need for such PPE.

Check your supplies from:

  • Completed Projects
  • Discontinued Projects
  • Training Exercises or Demonstrations
  • Closed Operations
  • Relocated Operations
  • Closed Processes
  • Buildings Scheduled for Demolition or Remodeling
  • Closets of any kind that no one has looked in for months or years
  • Old Spill Response Kits

Ask your clients, to do the same, such as:

  • Schools/ Laboratories
  • Churches
  • Construction/Demolition
  • Maintenance/Landscaping/Paint Shops
  • Arts and Crafts
  • Tattoo Parlors
  • Vet, Dental or Medical Clinics with Discontinued Operations
  • Nail and Hair Salons with Discontinued Operations
  • Garages or decommissioned service vehicles.
  • Discontinued Cleaning and Asbestos/Lead abatement operations.

County Health Departments or EMA’s will accept your donations.

Call ahead to confirm the details of the donation.

https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/akron-canton-news/summit-county-ema-makes-plea-for-personal-protective-equipment-donations

http://neochmm.org/Cuyahoga_PPE_Donation_Collection_3_24_2020_8_33_07_AM.pdf

https://www.cleveland.com/coronavirus/2020/03/thousands-of-masks-gloves-other-supplies-donated-at-cuyahoga-county-drop-off-point.html

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Written by Mark Baumgardner, CHMM
Created: 26 March 2020
Last Updated: 03 April 2020

Disinfectants for Use Against SARS-CoV-2

List N: Disinfectants for Use Against SARS-CoV-2

https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-registration/list-n-disinfectants-use-against-sars-cov-2

Other COVID-19 Resources

All products on this list meet EPA’s criteria for use against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

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Written by Super User
Created: 03 April 2020
Last Updated: 03 April 2020

Precautions to take regarding "SCAMS"

  1. Materials and Supplies

Many agencies and companies are suffering from shortages of materials from sanitizers, gloves, masks, and other general PPE. 

When purchasing materials and supplies during this time, it’s crucial to

  • Verify your supplier (and their suppliers)
  • Identify the actual lead time
    • Don’t be afraid to state in the PO that if not received within agreed to timeline, that PO is void with any escrowed/paid funds immediately due refunded
  • Don’t wire transfer money in advance, use escrow if necessary
  • Verify that the material you’re purchasing meets the CDC requirements

  1. Cures:

With the elevated levels of anxiety present around this pandemic we’re all in, it’s unfortunate that there are individuals out there seeking to take advantage and seek financial gain. 

At this time, the FDA has approved NO vaccines, drugs, or treatments to prevent of cure this virus.

Ben Franklins axiom of “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” has never rung so true.  Please practice your social distancing ensuring that you only leave the house whenever absolutely necessary. 

Don’t look at this as a negative but view it as an opportunity to spend lost time with your families, get caught upon a good book, binge on some streaming shows (Tiger King anyone?…wow), and get some “Honey-Do” items off the list. 

  1. Charities:

This is a great time and opportunity to aid those less fortunate but also a time for scamming to inflate to unprecedented levels. 

If you choose to donate money to a cause

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Written by Super User
Created: 03 April 2020
Last Updated: 03 April 2020

COVID-19 Details for EHS Professionals

The Alliance of Hazardous Materials Professionals (AHMP) Cyber Chapter with its partner organizations, ASSP-NOVA Chapter, the Washington Metropolitan Area Construction Safety Association (WMACSA), and the Chesapeake Area Biological Safety Association (ChABSA) are pleased to be able to offer two more follow-up webinars.

On March 10, 2020, Dr. Michael Sauri of Occupational Health Consultants provided an excellent talk on “COVID-19 Technical Details for EHS Professionals” (click on name for download of webinar) which provided details of COVID-19 that are not in the mainstream media.  As a follow-up to this talk, last week Bruce Donato of K&A First Aid and Safety, Inc., discussed "The Practical Aspects of Managing COVID-19 for EHS Professionals in Their Workplace".

The next two webinars will be

April 8, 2020 at 6:00 PM EDT

COVID-19 - Responses from a General Contractors Perspective by Sara Casado of Skanska USA on Wednesday,

April 9, 2020 at 4:00 PM EDT

COVID-19, Legal Updates for the EHS Professionals by Adele Abrams, Michael Chuah, and Karla Grossenbacher a facilitated discussion.  Click here for more details.

These are free webinarslimited to 100 participants and will be presented to accommodate as many interested parties as possible. Please only schedule yourself for one event. Click here to go to the AHMP Cyber Chapter events page to choose which session you would like to register for.

Go to the events tab to register for one or both webinars you want to attend.  Spots are limited.

Attendance at live events will be documented and updated in user profiles (to create a non-member profileclick here) for use as continuing education. This tracking of live attendance is a free service of the AHMP Cyber Chapter.

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Written by Super User
Created: 03 April 2020
Last Updated: 03 April 2020

Collaboration!

Over 200 million Americans are now in stay-at-home orders. IHMM and HMS have assembled the most powerful and innovative online platform that, despite our isolation from personal contact, allows us to be isolated together in a new, virtual online environment. We can still communicate, collaborate and grow together.

IHMM and HMS' new platform allows certificants and members to easily interact and communicate online, empowering volunteer groups, committees, and other special groups to work effectively together remotely. Groups may also form around topical areas and shared interests, spawning knowledge communities.  Social tools such as commenting capabilities and ranking stats will ensure quick and easy access to the most relevant/popular information.

A collaborative culture is important for every business but is especially important for our hazardous materials, dangerous goods, environment, health and safety communities of practice. IHMM credentialed professionals are at the top 1% of their professions and their reach is global. We are at the forefront of environmental protection, health, and safety and this is where collaborating with the very best people in their fields, people who are always willing to help one another lessens the stress of our jobs and where we strive as a team to make a difference of which we are all proud.

Our online community continues to grow every day, with new groups forming week in and week out. And we've updated the platform to ensure you can access the content, groups, members, and discussions that interest you most-quickly and easily.

Here's a quick overview of some of the features:

  • Enhanced email capabilities. You can receive digests of activities in your chosen communities.
  • Faster Search results – within the new platform, your member search is faster than ever.
  • Creation of networks – Auto creation of network based on certain profile demographics.
  • Signing up for all your Member alerts in one area --previously, you had to go to every single group in which you were a member to get alert notifications. No more!
  • Prefer to get everything via RSS feed? Now you can select any or all the communities in which you are a member, and they'll be aggregated into a single feed!
  • Like a document that you read? You can add it to your favorites for quick and easy access in the future.

We plan to take the site live this week and will shortly add mobile capability. Collaboration will continually evolve to meet your needs and those of our ever-growing online community.

 Your online community awaits you. It's time for COLLABORATION!

Questions? Please contact Gene Guilford [This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.], Jimmy Nguyen [This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.], Tom Base [This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.]. Every member of the IHMM staff is assigned to work with one or more of the now 28 different communities and committees now in COLLABORATION.

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Written by Mark Baumgardner, CHMM
Created: 02 April 2020
Last Updated: 03 April 2020