Hi all,
Our facility is reviewing procedures for working in the on-going
pandemic for our automated spectrometers. A big question is whether we
can relax requirements for social distancing that we currently have in
place: one person per 150 ft^2, and 15 min intervals between occupancy
of that space. It is the time distancing interval that has us providing
a service mode for automated use. Pre-covid it wasn't unusual for us to
have more than 10 students per hour visit the spectrometer+robot during
busy parts of the day. Currently, NMR staff perform all sample
placements and removal to/from the robot, and handle all direct
interactions with the spectrometer keyboard and mouse.
I am hoping for feedback on this issue, which I can summarize for the
group. In particular, for automated spectrometers what are your
procedures? I am happy to distill more lengthy responses, but would
like the following info as a minimum:
1. Do you have a service component setup, or have you enabled direct
interaction by users of the automated spectrometer and robot?
2. If users can perform automation tasks directly, is there a mechanism
to enforce time separation of users at the spectrometer?
3. If you can provide statistics concerning covid infections in your
facility (hopefully none to very few), that will give the information
the proper context.
If you would prefer your responses be kept confidential, or sanitized
for the summary, let me know.
Best wishes,
Charlie
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Charles G. Fry, Ph.D. Tel: (608)262-3182
Director, MR Facility Fax: (608)262-0381
Chem. Dept., 1101 University Ave, Univ. Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI 53706 USA email:fry_at_chem.wisc.edu
Received on Mon Mar 08 2021 - 13:14:33 MST