Ambulance cleaning at K Bldg for Covid-19 Pandemic
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Don Sharpe arrived at an MSD facility with an ambulance for repairs. Fleet staff asked if the ambulance had been cleaned to a Level 3 standard for COVID-19 safety, which Sharpe could not confirm. Sharpe then took the ambulance to another location to clean it to the required standard. However, the building used for cleaning ambulances, K building, did not have water available for washing hands or filling cleaning buckets. K building was also routinely dirty. Sharpe asked for water to be turned on at K building so ambulances could be cleaned there to a Level 3 standard.
Ambulance cleaning at K Bldg for Covid-19 Pandemic
- 1. Cleaning Ambulances to a Standard – Policy Level 3 Providing Covid19 Pandemic Safety for CoC Fleet Staff Don Sharpe – Paramedic AHS EMS Calgary Team A44 On March 16 I arrived at MSD with Unit 2881 for a rear door handle repair. I was asked by the Fleet intake staff if the vehicle was cleaned to a Level 3 Standard and I said that I could not confirm that. They showed me a memo, I called S4 and then took 2881 to 3 Stn and cleaned it. Fleet also showed me their new washroom policy.
- 2. Cleaning Ambulances to a Standard – Policy Level 3 Providing Covid19 Pandemic Safety for CoC Fleet Staff Don Sharpe – Paramedic AHS EMS Calgary Team A44 I couldn’t clean 2881 at K bldg. There no water for washing your hands, let alone filling a mop bucket. Also, K bldg. is routinely dirty, the picture below illustrated what I found – this is generally typical for K bldg. 15 minutes later it’s clean and swept.
- 3. Cleaning Ambulances to a Standard – Policy Level 3 Providing Covid19 Pandemic Safety for CoC Fleet Staff Don Sharpe – Paramedic AHS EMS Calgary Team A44 Garbage Pail are not routinely emptied, the floor is hardly ever swept I don’t think the floor has been washed in several years. We’ve asked that waterbe turned on to the sink shown in the background so we can clean vehicles at K bldg. to a Level 3 Standard.
- 4. Cleaning Ambulances to a Standard – Policy Level 3 Providing Covid19 Pandemic Safety for CoC Fleet Staff Don Sharpe – Paramedic AHS EMS Calgary Team A44 Most Paramedics I’ve talked to don’t even know what the Level 3 Standard is. I’ve searched AHS EMS for a more recent document without success. I apologize for ‘charging ahead’ with this effort, however the challenge of getting our vehicles serviced and back on the road was immediate. Ensuring we work with our partners in Fleet to ensure the safety of everyone during this Pandemic is also of paramount importance. Providing a Standard Level 3 cleanliness to all EMS vehicles seems to me to be the minimum expectation. I’m happy to take any suggestions you have for improving this situation or my performance.