OT Anyone have any N95 Masks ? Please donate them |
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OT Anyone have any N95 Masks ? Please donate them |
bdstone914 |
Mar 24 2020, 10:54 PM
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bdstone914 Group: Members Posts: 4,514 Joined: 8-November 03 From: Riverside CA Member No.: 1,319 |
If anyone has any N95 masks please donate them to your local hospital. These are the same masks many of us use for breathing protection while working on our cars.
Although the news is filled with how many are getting donated by Lowes, Apple, etc. , the realility is they are needed now. My daughter is a Covid -19 nurse in Wisconsin and her hospital is out of masks. If you have any unused masks. Please do not make any political comments here. Health care workers deserve all the help we can provide. Thank you |
Grelber |
Mar 25 2020, 06:26 AM
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Insert favorite Don Rickles joke here. Group: Members Posts: 690 Joined: 30-May 06 From: McKinney, Texas Member No.: 6,107 Region Association: Southwest Region |
I was able to snag 6 3-packs of N-95's. They are now at the NICU dept. at Baylor Hospital in McKinney.
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mepstein |
Mar 25 2020, 07:56 AM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,253 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
A big box of PPE's was donated to our school. We are closed. I'm taking it over to the hospital today.
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Andyrew |
Mar 25 2020, 08:07 AM
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Spooling.... Please wait Group: Members Posts: 13,376 Joined: 20-January 03 From: Riverbank, Ca Member No.: 172 Region Association: Northern California |
The situation is so dire that many hospitals are putting resources towards building their own masks... Big hospitals...
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BPic |
Mar 25 2020, 08:52 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 341 Joined: 5-February 18 From: Miami, Florida Member No.: 21,864 Region Association: South East States |
From what I understand they can also use P-95 masks and cartridges. The P's also filter out oil which is why the painters use them.
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porschetub |
Mar 25 2020, 01:55 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,697 Joined: 25-July 15 From: New Zealand Member No.: 18,995 Region Association: None |
From what I understand they can also use P-95 masks and cartridges. The P's also filter out oil which is why the painters use them. We are basically out of masks and gloves from retail outlets ,even tried the local autoparts outlet thinking I could get rubber shop gloves and they had sold out. Kinda freaked out as I need to get food from a supermarket sooner than later. |
horizontally-opposed |
Mar 25 2020, 02:46 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,431 Joined: 12-May 04 From: San Francisco Member No.: 2,058 Region Association: None |
If anyone has any N95 masks please donate them to your local hospital. These are the same masks many of us use for breathing protection while working on our cars. Although the news is filled with how many are getting donated by Lowes, Apple, etc. , the realility is they are needed now. My daughter is a Covid -19 nurse in Wisconsin and her hospital is out of masks. If you have any unused masks. Please do not make any political comments here. Health care workers deserve all the help we can provide. Thank you Thanks for the reminder, Bruce. Your post caused me to go look at how many masks I bought when we had all of the wildfires last year, and what they were. Just took two boxes of 15 N95 masks to my local Kaiser, and the security guy came out the door looking stern and then melted when he saw the boxes. We don't need N95s anywhere near as much as those on the front line of this do, and things are only going to get worse for them in the next couple of weeks. Please check your garage stash—it's something car nuts can do in the midst of this; we can always replace them later. I'm going to do some more digging in the garage tonight to see if I've got more N95s. |
mepstein |
Mar 25 2020, 02:58 PM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,253 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
From what I understand they can also use P-95 masks and cartridges. The P's also filter out oil which is why the painters use them. We are basically out of masks and gloves from retail outlets ,even tried the local autoparts outlet thinking I could get rubber shop gloves and they had sold out. Kinda freaked out as I need to get food from a supermarket sooner than later. It's really better just to wash your hands often and/or hand sanitizer, than gloving up for the supermarket. |
gandalf_025 |
Mar 25 2020, 03:03 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,451 Joined: 25-June 09 From: North Shore, Massachusetts Member No.: 10,509 Region Association: North East States |
I walked into a Harbor Freight yesterday
and they had none on the shelves.. Sign said they donated all they had to Area Hospitals... |
horizontally-opposed |
Mar 25 2020, 03:24 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,431 Joined: 12-May 04 From: San Francisco Member No.: 2,058 Region Association: None |
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stevegm |
Mar 25 2020, 03:47 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,111 Joined: 14-July 14 From: North Carolina Member No.: 17,633 Region Association: South East States |
We have our seamstresses making masks. But they are just cloth. And we haven’t reached a point where we can make them very quickly.
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jd74914 |
Mar 26 2020, 06:31 AM
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Its alive Group: Members Posts: 4,780 Joined: 16-February 04 From: CT Member No.: 1,659 Region Association: North East States |
I walked into a Harbor Freight yesterday and they had none on the shelves.. Sign said they donated all they had to Area Hospitals... Harbor Freight just went up about ten notches in my book. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) I read a news article that said HF corporate/locals donated all of their mask and gloves to hospitals and were encouraging other supply corporations to do the same. |
Coondog |
Mar 26 2020, 08:35 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,089 Joined: 24-September 15 From: Apple Valley Calif Member No.: 19,195 Region Association: Southern California |
Just donated a box of N95s, tyvek suits and nitrile gloves for nurses who work at a local Home Heath Care Agency.
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bdstone914 |
Mar 26 2020, 09:30 AM
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bdstone914 Group: Members Posts: 4,514 Joined: 8-November 03 From: Riverside CA Member No.: 1,319 |
Thank you to all who have donated. What really makes this country great is the people who pitch in when times are tough.
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90quattrocoupe |
Mar 26 2020, 06:30 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 208 Joined: 4-November 16 From: Long Beach, CA. Member No.: 20,561 Region Association: Southern California |
I wish I had some to donate. I only had 8 and gave them to a my son's friend who is a nurse.
I did hear that 3M is producing 35 million a day, just in the US. They have really stepped up. (Sorry, I got this wrong. 100 million a month in the world. They have doubled production in the US and started to ramp up on Jan. 21. They saw it coming) Greg W. |
bdstone914 |
Mar 26 2020, 09:54 PM
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bdstone914 Group: Members Posts: 4,514 Joined: 8-November 03 From: Riverside CA Member No.: 1,319 |
I wish I had some to donate. I only had 8 and gave them to a my son's friend who is a nurse. I did hear that 3M is producing 35 million a day, just in the US. They have really stepped up. Greg W. Thanks for donating what you had. Spoke to my daughter today and they are asking the nurses at her hospital to take home contaminated masks and bake them to sterilize them. good to hear 3M is stepping up. |
bdstone914 |
Mar 26 2020, 09:58 PM
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bdstone914 Group: Members Posts: 4,514 Joined: 8-November 03 From: Riverside CA Member No.: 1,319 |
@stevegm
date='Mar 25 2020, 02:47 PM' post='2797523'] We have our seamstresses making masks. But they are just cloth. And we haven’t reached a point where we can make them very quickly. [/quote] I saw a posted video on Facebook from a nurse showing how to make them from furnace air filters. The N95 mask is able to filter out particles as small as 1.3 microns which is the size of the virus. Certain furnace filters meet that criterion. Thanks for your efforts. |
RickS |
Mar 26 2020, 10:33 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,408 Joined: 17-April 06 From: 'False City', WA Member No.: 5,880 Region Association: None |
Gave mine to our regional hospital along with a box of procedure masks. I would urge everyone to do the same.
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914four |
Mar 28 2020, 07:49 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 510 Joined: 4-March 07 From: Rainbow City, Alabama Member No.: 7,582 Region Association: South East States |
There is a real need for the N95 masks. One hospital is using an old operating room with three clothes lines strung up for hanging N95 masks so they can be treated with a UV light system. This allows the masks to be re-used. It's gotten that bad. Don't ask me how I know...
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lostreasure |
Mar 28 2020, 08:07 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 44 Joined: 24-June 13 From: new jersey Member No.: 16,048 Region Association: None |
Speaking with a tenant that is a nurse i asked her if she needed some masks- when i handed her a box of 3M 95's she knew exactly what they were and was so excited as a child would be on xmas day- Just the smile on her face was memorable- PLEASE DONATE!!!
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