WNS Decon Videos

[wvcaveman]

Below are links to WNS decon videos, including the most recent one on cleaning/deconning personal caving gear.

http://www.youtube.com/user/CaveSafetyTechniques

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMNIQvbVaGY

[self-deleted_user]

Fixedit for you. For YouTube tags, put the video ID code in, nothing more. It won't work for profiles afaik.

http://www.youtube.com/user/CaveSafetyTechniques

[wvcaveman]

Thanks, was just going through that to figure out.

[NZcaver]

Those are some shady looking characters. Employing child labor, too!

Great work, Aaron (and helpers).

[self-deleted_user]

Those are some shady looking characters. Employing child labor, too!

Great work, Aaron (and helpers).

LOL it was fun to film. I didn't realize that I am a shady character though! B)

I AM FAMOUS NOW WOOO! Yes I'm willing to provide autographs...

The hardest part was walking in that damn oversuit. I still hate those things!

[buddyh]

Did a nice job on the video though there may be a problem. It may just be the editing. It looks like they cleaned the contaminated soils from the items prior to decon. Is this not backwards? Isn't the pathogen in the soils? I would decon even the soils on all of the equipment then clean. Otherwise, is there not a risk of picking up the pathogen from the surrounding area and carried elsewhere? The community needs a vetted authoratative source of instructional videos. They need to be updated as improvements occur.

[PYoungbaer]

Yes, the decon video shows the proper order, which is to clean all dirt/mud/organics from gear BEFORE disinfecting. The lab studies show that the organics tend to make the disinfectants less effective.

[driggs]

The Cave Research Foundation produced this video, "The Responsible Caver and WNS Decontamination", in 2016 for the Monongahela National Forest.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWXGlOlttD8