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G’day
Is that a negative pressure theatre to stop any aerosols getting out to the
corridors etc?
We are looking at converting a positive pressure theatre to a -15Pa
negative pressure theatre just for Covid19 patients.
Our concern is introducing particles from outside to the sterile zone.
Cheers
Lalith Ramachandra
LR Consulting Engineers
for Top End Health Services
PO Box 40968
Casuarina, NT
p 0401117423
e lalith.ramachandra@gmail.com
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On Wed, 15 Apr 2020 at 11:26, Michael Wishart
wrote:
> We have dedicated a specific theatre for COVID-19 cases. There are
> gumboots for staff to wear as part of the PPE for this theatre, and they
> put the gum boots on as part of the PPE and remove them as part of removal
> of PPE.
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> We thought about overshoes for all, but were concerned about staff
> forgetting they had them on and not removing/changing them. Gumboots are
> pretty obvious!
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> Cheers
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> Michael
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> Just wanting to find out what hospitals are doing around COVID-19 positive
> patients and them going to theatre in particular around the theatre staff
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