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This problem can be solved very simply by using an alcohol based ink in your
stamp. You can share with visitors that the ink is alcohol based and that
you are basically stamping them with Purell. That way everybody can be safe
and secure.
http://www.amazon.com/Adirondack-Alcohol-Ink-3-Pack-Each/dp/B0013LB1QW/ref=p
d_sim_k_5
Not that any other ink base would likely harbor virus, it is more likely
that your visitors will that know alcohol is used as a disinfectant and
there is no chance of spreading the flu with your stamp.
Mike
Mike Levad
Lead Exhibit Developer
651-789-4735 (direct)
651-631-2211 xt.735
651-631-0707fax
Toll free: 800-433-9599
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On 10/15/09 11:43 AM, "Len Adams" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> This bit from CDC seems to imply that flu virus can be spread via the
> hand touching an object that has been exposed to the virus:
>
> ====================
> How does 2009 H1N1 virus spread?
> Spread of 2009 H1N1 virus is thought to occur in the same way that
> seasonal flu spreads. Flu viruses are spread mainly from person to
> person through coughing or sneezing by people with influenza. Sometimes
> people may become infected by touching something such as a surface or
> object with flu viruses on it and then touching their mouth or nose.
> ====================
> http://www.cdc.gov/H1N1flu/qa.htm
> ====================
>
> I could be wrong but it sounds like they're suggesting that the flu
> virus could be spread if visitor A has sneezed on their hand, then puts
> that hand out to get hand stamped thus transferring the virus to either
> the stamp or the staff doing the stamping, the virus could then
> potentially be spread to Visitor B. It does seem like staff are much
> more at risk than other visitors, though.
>
> The fix seems to become recluse, wash your hands often or to not touch
> your nose (harder than it sounds).
>
> - Len
>
>
>
> Len Adams
> Health Promotion Specialist
> Tacoma-Pierce County Health Dept.
> 3629 South D Street, MS:315
> Tacoma, WA 98418-6813
>
> 253 798-6129
>
> Any word you have to hunt for in a thesaurus is the wrong word. There
> are no exceptions to this rule.
>
> - Stephen King
>
>>>> Jonah Cohen <[log in to unmask]> 10/15/2009 6:47 AM
>>>>
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> OK, forgive me if my knowledge of virology is painfully lacking,
> but...
> Is there any possible reason anyone should be worried about getting
> their hand stamped? And if not, isn't avoiding doing so just playing
> to
> paranoia + misinformation about the flu?
>
> Yes, the stamp touched someone else's hand for a second. So what? If a
> visitor considers that to be a health threat, what the heck are they
> doing at a museum? Are they going to not touch any of the exhibits
> (all
> of which were touched by other people for a lot longer than a split
> second)? Are they going to avoid opening any doors (at the museum, the
> stores, schools, restaurants, town hall...) Or how do you know no one
> else touched that box of cereal at the supermarket? Or...
>
> It just seems to me that anyone who's concerned about getting their
> hand
> stamped should put themselves in a plastic bubble + get it over with.
> Like I said, I could be wrong, and feel free to tell me so if I am,
> but
> this strikes me as a point where reasonable health/sanitary concerns
> cross over into hysteria.
>
> Rant over,
> Jonah Cohen
> Outreach & Public Programs Manager
> The Children's Museum
>
>
> "There's where I come from, where I'm going, and I am lost in
> between."
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>> Our usual procedure is to stamp hands as visitors enter, but with all
>
>> the flu business, our visitors are growing concerned about this.
>
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