Where: 2621 Victory Parkway, Walnut Hills.Īppointment: Appointment not required but pre-registration is available at: /testandprotect. 28.Īppointments: Appointment not required but pre-registration is available at: /testandprotect.
To schedule an appointment, visit /testandprotect. Select branches of the YMCA will have test kits available, while supplies last.Īppointments: Testing at the University of Cincinnati's Addiction Sciences Division is by appointment only. The Cincinnati Health Department, 805 Central Ave., is planning a testing clinic Dec. There are also no-cost PCR tests via Test and Protect, available at more than 40 locations through Dec. Residents of Hamilton County can pick up two free, at-home test kits beginning Thursday at the Health Department office in Cincinnati, or the Board of Elections office in Norwood, 2300 Wall St. The library hands out test kits upon availability at its drive-thru locations at the following branches:įor availability, call 51 before arriving. Wednesday update: The library said it was out of take-home tests on Wednesday and to check back other days. More: Flu season and COVID-19 are adding to stresses at Cincinnati Children's Hamilton County Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library More: COVID-19 'becoming more contagious' as holidays near Cranley and Pureval voice concerns So, we are looking at any guidelines coming out of the public health department and the Battelle study as well.Symptoms: Here's how the omicron variant of COVID-19 symptoms differ from the flu or a cold
And so, in the context of a global pandemic, we need to be extremely careful and extremely thoughtful at how we operate. “Public libraries, we are a very unique industry in that customers are taking materials into their homes, family members are touching those materials, and then those materials are coming back to be used by other members of the community. The group is still awaiting the final round of results but Zenitsky said they’re always adapting. We try to touch the materials as least as possible,” said Hess. “We have protocols in place that keep our staff safe, we wear gloves, we always wear gloves, and we always social distance. “We are quaranting any and all library materials for a minimum of 96 hours.”Īnd while the group is busy making sure customers are safe from COVID-19, Whetstone Branch Manager Jennifer Hess said they’re also looking out for each other. But, to be safe, Zenitsky said all materials are treated the same. This includes braille, glossy and magazine pages. “A new batch of results came out this week indicating that some specific library materials might require an extra day.” The second wave of findings are also published. This is based on standard office temperatures and humidity conditions. The first wave of results from the three-part experiment reveals the virus lasts approximately three days on hardback, softback and plastic book coverings, the pages inside, and DVD cases. “We provided them a few months ago at the beginning of this pandemic with a number of different library materials.” Zenitsky is talking about the Ropening Archives, Libraries and Museums (REALM) research project being conducted by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, Ohio-based Battelle and the Ohio College Library Center. “They actually have been busy testing the virus on those materials to gauge the virus’s longevity on those materials.”
“We have suspended any and all in-building services, so now we are relying completely on curbside pick-up,” said Zenitsky.Īlthough customers and staff are safe from one another, the materials pose a threat. Research is being conducted by Columbus-based lab Battelle, Ohio College Library Center and Institute of Museum and Library Services.The study is testing how long COVID-19 lasts on library materials.Columbus Metropolitan Library donated materials to REALM research project.
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