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It has been very difficult for hospitals to obtain sufficient and appropriate smittevernutstyr under koronautbruddet.
three weeks ago, the University hospital of North-Norway, therefore, a gift from the Great Norwegian mining operations in Svalbard, wrote Svalbardposten.
ceo Jan Morten Ertsaas in Store Norske confirms that to the NRK.
” We got a request from a TREAT if we had the equipment to spare, tells Ertsaas.
the Big Norwegian had 3.000 beskyttelsesmasker they did not need. It was the so-called P3-s, from the supplier 3M.
In addition, they had 9.000 beskyttelsesmasker that they believed it was wrong.
– Our staff goes with such masks every day, and have a good knowledge of them. They had responded that these masks did not work optimally. Therefore, had we put them away, ” says Jan Morten Ertsaas.
the Big Norwegian delivered both beskyttelsesmasker and other equipment to TREAT, ” says president and ceo Jan Morten Ertsaas.
Photo: Rune N. Andreassen / NRK
TREAT also wanted to get these masks. Large Norwegian marked meshes well in the shipment. In addition, they informed the hospital that the stitches will not be worked normally, and urged the UNN to test maskenes function before any use.
the Masks were therefore in line with the hospital’s routines have been set aside, until one was sure of the quality.
But by mistake was around 700 of the masks in use. Most of them of between 150-200 employees by the newly established intensivposten for Covid-19-patients at the TREAT.
Now, the hospital has confirmed that the masks are pirated copies that have come to the University hospital of North Norway from a fake manufacturer.
3M has confirmed that it is not their masks. There they could quickly conclude, ” says the operations and property manager at TREAT Grethe Andersen to NRK.
< p> It was the 20. march that a delivery of several thousand åndedrettsmasker was delivered to the University hospital of North Norway (UNN) by a private operator. The masks are a part of smittevernutstyret which is used among other things in the work with koronasmittede patients. But while UNN in Tromsø waited on the description of the product, it was 700 by the masks adopted by the staff at the hospital. You need javascript to see the video.There was 20. march that a delivery of several thousand åndedrettsmasker was delivered to the University hospital of North Norway (UNN) by a private operator. The masks are a part of smittevernutstyret which is used among other things in the work with koronasmittede patients. But while UNN in Tromsø waited on the description of the product, it was 700 by the masks adopted by the staff at the hospital.
– So quickly that it was not their
the Hospital has received information from the manufacturer 3M that that stands out on the hodestrikken, the marking on the mask and that the membrane on the mask is different from the originals.
I have not heard that something similar has happened some time previously by UNN, ” says Andersen.
She also confirms that this is the masks they all received from the Great Norwegian a few weeks ago.
Jan Morten Ertsaas in Store Norske, says to NRK that they purchased the masks from a reputable Norwegian supplier.
” We are confident that our supplier does not have tried to defraud us. We have got money left for feilleveransen, ” he says.
The current contractor does not want to pronounce itself in this matter.
the Norwegian Defence research establishment have tested the masks, and concluded that kopimasken does not satisfy the requirements for respiratory protection and, therefore, should not be used in the hospital.
The 150 to 200 employees who have used the masks on the job is thus put in a very uncomfortable situation, ” says sykehusdirektør Anita Schumacher to NRK.
They are being tested every other day for koronaviruset. Wednesday are a total of 120 employees tested. All tests are so far negative.
200 employees at the intensive care unit at the TREAT to be tested for koronaviruset every other day, after beskyttelsesmaskene they used were of the wrong quality.
Photo: Per-Christian Johansen / TREAT Waiting new delivery
the hospital management do not believe that it involves some risk for their patients.
But when it comes to our employees creates a level of uncertainty when we can’t say how much protection the mask provided, said sykehusdirektør Anita Schumacher to NRK on Sunday.
All kopimaskene have been replaced with quality-controlled masks. TREAT says they will continue with the testing of the employees as long as there is a need, but they will still be in work.
– It is not possible to put so many people at an intensive care unit in quarantine. If they have symptoms of korona, so they should not be on the job, but we have a tight monitoring of the employees now, ” says Schumacher.
the Managing director of the University hospital of North Norway (UNN) Anita Schumacher.
Photo: Rune Stoltz Bertinussen/Scanpix
– It is not to add hide the fact that this is a burden for our employees. We have a significant task to deal with this in the best possible way.
In addition to the traditional national suppliers of equipment to hospitals, has TREAT got the masks from ten private suppliers. Schumacher says that they are glad to get the private offer in a time where the lack of equipment has been a fact.
– Products which have been through the national quality control, should be set aside until they have been quality assured. It has happened to us is not something we had foreseen, but which we now must take the consequence of.
TREAT is promised a new delivery of masks before the holidays.
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