When Jennifer Lohr walks into her house from work, the first thing she does is put all of her belongings into a sterilizer she made from a Rubbermaid container and a UV light. Before she can hug her son and husband, she has to shower to make sure she’s keeping them safe.
“A lot of people, they have no idea what we do, they have no idea that we existed,” Lohr said.
She said her job as a testing and balancing technician can go under-acknowledged. However, during the COVID-19 pandemic, she’s working around-the-clock in local hospitals.
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“We’ve worked with our clients to basically turn as many ICU rooms into negative pressure airborne infection control rooms, and that basically keeps the staff and the public safe from the virus that we're all dealing with right now,” she explained.
Lohr said normally, she would be the last person at a construction site, making sure the heating and cooling system is working properly. But now, she’s one of the first people in the room, and there’s a lot more adrenaline involved.
“When the nursing staff see us coming in, they know that we’re making their floor a negative pressure floor so it’s generally going to house COVID patients. At the end, they thank us for the work that we’re doing because it’s going to keep them safe when they’re outside of that room,” Lohr added.