COOK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND REGIONAL SECURITY Battelle CCDS Critical Care Decontamination System™ Webinar
What is is the Ground Truth – Decontamination System - So What? • N95 masks are the Best Available PPE option To Protect your Employees • N95 masks availability is limited – regardless of where you get them from • Cook County EMRS, IEMA or self purchase – LIMITED • Battelle Critical Care Decontamination System™ is available • AT NO COST TO YOU • Following Battelle Guidance • Proven Decontamination System – NOT just developed for THIS Pandemic! • Federal Drug Administration research project • August 2014 to July 2016 COOK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND REGIONAL SECURITY Battelle CCDS Critical Care Decontamination System TM
Battelle Crit itical Care Decontamination System™ Self-contained, mobile decontamination system that decontaminates N95 respirator masks Enables up to 20 reuses Effective against both viral and bacterial agents COOK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND REGIONAL SECURITY Battelle CCDS Critical Care Decontamination System TM
Need for Battelle Crit itical Care Decontamination System™ Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Shortages • Improves PPE availability to protect Reduce first responders, healthcare Reuse workers, and patients from COVID- Repurpose 19 COOK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND REGIONAL SECURITY Battelle CCDS Critical Care Decontamination System TM
Effectiveness and Safety Concentrated, Vapor Phase Hydrogen Peroxide (VPHP) • Hydrogen peroxide is removed from N95s prior to re-use • Verification is accomplished using handheld monitors COOK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND REGIONAL SECURITY Battelle CCDS Critical Care Decontamination System TM
Deliveries and pic ick-ups Must be coordinated in advance with the onsite POCs Use Battelle as Primary Contacts Will be provided by Battelle upon completion of enrollment and signed contract Important Notes: • CCDS site is located at the far SE corner of the parking lot adjacent to semi trailer staging area. Look for the white tents. COOK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND REGIONAL SECURITY Battelle CCDS Critical Care Decontamination System TM
COOK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND REGIONAL SECURITY Battelle CCDS Critical Care Decontamination System TM
Eli ligibility All persons participating in an emergency response to COVID-19 Potential for direct or indirect exposure COVID positive individuals or infectious materials including Body substances (e.g., blood, tissue, and specific body fluids) Contaminated medical supplies, devices, and equipment Contaminated environmental surfaces Contaminated air COOK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND REGIONAL SECURITY Battelle CCDS Critical Care Decontamination System TM
Battelle CCDS™ Cost Contract by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) on behalf of the U.S Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide N95 decontamination at no charge End-to-end logistics support is provided at no-cost COOK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND REGIONAL SECURITY Battelle CCDS Critical Care Decontamination System TM
Id Identify fying Authorized N95 Respirators Processing Covers any N95s (healthcare and industrial) that are not cellulose based Respirators that contain cellulose-based materials are excluded from the Battelle CCDS™ EUA and cannot be processed Respirators must be certified by NIOSH as an N95 EUA - Emergency Use Authorization issued by the US Food and Drug Administration COOK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND REGIONAL SECURITY Battelle CCDS Critical Care Decontamination System TM
EXAMPLES (Partial Lis ist) N95 Masks Treatable by Battelle CCDS TM TM 3M TM VFLEX 1804 3M TM Aura 1870+ 3M TM 1860(S) 3M TM 8205 3M TM 8000 3M TM 8210 Kimberly- Molde Moldex 1500 3M TM Aura 9210+ Gerson 2140C 3M TM 9010 Gerson 1730 x 2200 Clark 46727 Series A list is also available for masks that are NOT ACCEPTABLE COOK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND REGIONAL SECURITY Battelle CCDS Critical Care Decontamination System TM
Mask Reje jection • Must be free of any visual soiling or contamination (e.g. blood, bodily fluids, makeup) • Any visually soiled or damaged respirators should not be collected for decontamination and will be disposed of and not returned after decontamination COOK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND REGIONAL SECURITY Battelle CCDS Critical Care Decontamination System TM
Respirators and PPE NOT Eligible • Decontamination of PAPR hoods, face shields or other types of PPE • Respirators that contain cellulose-based materials • Check for Cellulose Acetate in undefined masks by placing filter, shell, and coverweb (not straps or nose foam) in Butyric Acid • Polypropylene and Polyester have satisfactory chemical resistance to it, but Cellulose Acetate (CA) does not so degradation should be evident if the mask contains CA ProTech NON27501 COOK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND REGIONAL SECURITY Battelle CCDS Critical Care Decontamination System TM
Sig ign up with Battelle Complete the enrollment form online: battelle.org/decon Battelle will email a link to the enrollment contract, instructions, and a Battelle POC Enrollee signs the contract and contacts the Battelle POC to receive their 3-digit code for each facility
Logistics: Bags and Boxes for Ship ipping FedEx is the preferred logistics provider, at no-cost May use your own logistics provider (at your cost) that is able to transport biohazardous material to CCDS If using own logistics provider, any carrier may be used for the return of decontaminated N95s as they are no longer biohazardous Battelle supplies the bags and boxes to ship your decontaminated PPE back to your facilities COOK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND REGIONAL SECURITY Battelle CCDS Critical Care Decontamination System TM
Turnaround Tim ime (N (NOT In Including Shipping Tim ime) Accepting N95s seven days a week, and at full capacity, the Battelle CCDS™ system can be run 24/7 Battelle’s goal is to have decontaminated N95 respirators ready for shipment back to the originating healthcare provider within 72 hours of receipt Processing and turnaround time will depend on the volume of incoming respirators
Processing Visual inspection of After shipment After decontamination, Shipment form Point of contact will all N95s for damage arrives, Battelle the masks are marked included with every be notified that and soiling from logs and barcodes to keep track of the return shipment, masks have been blood, bodily fluids, respirators. number of times they which includes the decontaminated and or makeup. have been number of N95s are ready for return decontaminated. successfully transport via chosen decontaminated. transport method.
N95 Respirator Marking and Coll llection 1. Label your own individual compatible N95 respirator using a permanent marker 2. Labeling should be legibly written on the outside OR inside of each compatible N95 respirator 3. Label ALL compatible N95 respirators with the 3-digit site code and 2-digit location identifier provided below 4. Place your compatible N95 respirator in the collection bag at a designated collection station at your facility COOK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND REGIONAL SECURITY Battelle CCDS Critical Care Decontamination System TM
COOK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND REGIONAL SECURITY Battelle CCDS Critical Care Decontamination System TM
On On-Site Coll llection/Marking • Create a collection station at the point of generation • Each station should have a bag to collect compatible N95 respirators • NOTE: Bags are for compatible N95 respirators only. Do not throw other personal protective equipment (such as gloves), paper towels, or waste in the collection bag • Personnel should follow the N95 Respirator Marking Instructions COOK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND REGIONAL SECURITY Battelle CCDS Critical Care Decontamination System TM
Preparation for Shipment • ALL bags with contaminated compatible N95 respirators to be decontaminated by Battelle (“primary collection bag”) should be closed • Place the primary collection bag into another bag (“secondary collection bag”), which is then closed • Decontaminate the secondary collection bag with alcohol or other suitable decontaminant • Place the decontaminated bags into a rigid, closed box clearly labeled with a biohazard symbol , and tape the box securely shut • Label the outside of the box with the 3-digit site code and 2-digit location identifier COOK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND REGIONAL SECURITY Battelle CCDS Critical Care Decontamination System TM
COOK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND REGIONAL SECURITY Battelle CCDS Critical Care Decontamination System TM
Ship ipment • Gather all boxes; complete one chain of custody form (provided by Battelle) per shipment, noting the number of boxes • Coordinate with your organization’s courier service to arrange transfer to designated Battelle location COOK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND REGIONAL SECURITY Battelle CCDS Critical Care Decontamination System TM
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