Nurse Feedback on N95 Use for the FDA

AORN is collaborating with the FDA to gather feedback from the perioperative nursing community on N95 use. Please take a short five question poll below. Your responses are anonymous and will be reported only in the aggregate to the FDA. Thank you for your participation.

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* In the past week, has your facility received additional stock of respirators?

Yes

Not sure

Not applicable

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* Do you feel that access/availability of respirators is getting any better over the past couple of weeks?

Yes

Not sure

Not applicable

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* Does your facility presently employ any mode of respirator or mask decontamination?

Yes

Not sure

Not applicable

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* If your facility is doing respirator N95 decontamination, what is the process used?

In-house processing with UV light

Sending out for hydrogen peroxide vapor processing using Battelle System

Using in-house hydrogen peroxide gas plasma (e.g. ASP STERRAD, STERIS VPRO)

Another in-house process

Decontamination not necessary - we have enough

Not doing decontamination, extended use and reuse only

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* Does your facility use elastomerics and / or PAPRs, in addition to N95s?

Yes

Not sure

Not applicable

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* In the past week, has your facility received additional stock of respirators?

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* Do you feel that access/availability of respirators is getting any better over the past couple of weeks?

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* Does your facility presently employ any mode of respirator or mask decontamination?

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* If your facility is doing respirator N95 decontamination, what is the process used?

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* Does your facility use elastomerics and / or PAPRs, in addition to N95s?

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* In what state are you currently employed?