Hi all, Below is a new addition to the WNS decon protocols.
Allan Sent with my fat thumbs on my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: "Steve Smith" <[email protected]> > Date: April 13, 2012 12:09:12 AM CDT > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: NSS Conservation Network - New USFWS WNS Decon Protocols > > From Jim Werker and Val Hildreth-Werker, NSS Conservation Division Co-Chairs > (through the NSS Conservation Network - Steve Smith, Coordinator): > > We just received this information from Peter Youngbaer, NSS WNS Liaison, who > requested that it be sent out on the NSS Conservation Network (NSSCN). > Please pass the word out to the folks within your IO. > > Thanks! > > Jim & Val > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > > The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today, April 9, 2012, released > their new cleaning and disinfecting protocols for dealing with White > Nose Syndrome. A major new addition is a non-chemical hot water > standard for disinfection: maintaining clothing and gear submerged in > hot water at a sustained temperature of greater than 50 degrees > Celsius (122 F) for more than 15 minutes. IMPORTANT: This hot water > disinfecting is done AFTER completing the usual cleaning with > surfactant, such as Woolite, and removal of organic material > > The full protocol can be found at: > > http://whitenosesyndrome.org/sites/default/files/resource/national_wns_decontamination_protocol_v_03.15.2012.pdf > > Peter Youngbaer > White Nose Syndrome Liaison > National Speleological Society > (802) 272-3802 > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > > In my never-ending quest to keep the NSSCN E-Mail addressee list as current > as > possible, I'd appreciate it greatly if each IO would send me their "druthers" > on who within the IO they'd like to receive this info. Usually, this info > should go to the IO Conservation Chair, for subsequent forwarding out to > their > respective membership. If the IO does not have a designated Conservation > Chair, then this info should go to the overall IO Chair. Please send me any > addressee changes/updates due to IO internal elections, folks moving out of > town, etc. > > Thanks! > > Steve Smith, NSSCN coordinator >
