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.

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

Yes

No

Not sure

Not applicable

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

Yes

No

Not sure

Not applicable

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

Yes

No

Not sure

Not applicable

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

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

Yes

No

Not sure

Not applicable

In what state are you currently employed?

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