COVID-19 Health & Safety Resources

• NMSU Employee Safety and Administrative Protocols for Return to Campus
• Building Use Tracking Log Template
• Signage Toolkits for University Departments

• NMSU COVID-19 Cleaning and Disinfection Protocols
• COVID-19 Notification and Building Disinfection Flowchart
• Building Closed for Enhanced Cleaning Sign Template
• How to obtain COVID-19 Protective Supplies

• Cloth Face Covering Guidance
  • NMSU EHS&RM Pandemic Face Coverings
  • CDC Guidance on the Use of Cloth Face Coverings to Help Slow the Spread of COVID-19 (including “how to make them” guides)
  • CDC Cloth Face Coverings FAQ Page
• Proper Usage of Face Masks/Coverings to Protect Against COVID-19
• Seeing is Believing: Effectiveness of Face Masks
• (NEW) Low-cost measurement of facemask efficacy for filtering expelled droplets during speech
• NMSU EHS&RM Face Shield Research Compilation
• N-95 Respirator Voluntary Use Guidance
  • N-95 Respirator Voluntary Use Training Handout
  • N-95 Respirator – Donning & Doffing The Respirator (UNMC Video)
  • N95 Voluntary Use Training Quiz

• “Return to Campus,” is available at Training Central

• NMSU Reporting of COVID-19 and Notifications
• COVID-19 Notification and Building Disinfection Flowchart

Environmental Health Safety & Risk Management  (EHS&RM) continues essential functions and services.  Please contact us at ehs@nmsu.edu or 575-646-3327 so that we can best meet your needs.

1. Safety inspections (chemical, radioactive, lasers, shop and general area) targeted on active locations and functions
2. Incident, accident and exposure response and reporting
3. Hazardous Waste pick-up services
4. Hazardous Material Shipping services
5. Chemical Inventory Management
6. Radiation Safety Program
   1. Sealed (radioactive) source leak testing
   2. Radioactive material inventory (semi-annual)
   3. Area contamination and dose rate surveys
   4. X-Ray inspection evaluations,
   5. RAM shipment ordering and receiving
   6. Dosimeter exchange
7. Safety training (required as well as new “just-in-time” training, as needed)
8. Safety protocol / procedure development, review and feedback
9. General hazard reviews / assessments
10. Indoor air quality concerns including asbestos/mold assessments
11. Chemical fume hood annual certification (focused on active locations)
12. Respirator training & fit testing
13. Spill response, reporting and guidance
14. Ergonomic evaluations and guidance
15. Environmental compliance

Other regulatory actions and routine reporting to meet OSHA, NMED, EPA, NRC compliance

• Coronavirus Information
• News Release: DHS S&T Launches Tool to Predict Decay of Airborne Coronavirus
• Science and Technology Directorate produces the Master Questions List (MQL), which quickly summarizes scientific research to determine what is known about the virus and what additional information is needed
• Ready.nmsu.edu – Phasing our Return to Campus
• American College Occupational Environmental Medicine COVID-19 Resource Center https://acoem.org/COVID-19-Resource-Center/COVID-19-Q-A-Forum