Houston, TX We’re full and have overflowed to several other units. Some units were”shut down” from their norm. because the staff that work that area are sick themselves, so it’s now Covid unit. They’re going to start pulling nurses from couplet care and l&d to staff other units. They are requesting any of us with RT of phlebotomy experience to sign up to work extra shifts. We’ve had numerous nurses sick and as long as you aren’t symptomatic, you can work. We’re now instructed to reuse our N95 masks 10 times before we get a new one. They are to be brought to sterile processing to be sterilized when used. We tally them and will be given another one once that one reaches its 10th use. It’s just insane! I’m not certain that an n95 is truly an n95 after being sterilized 9 times! I’ve only seen where people have done it 3 times. Sorry for long rant. LOL Just would feel better going to work knowing we were safe but that’s definitely not the case.
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