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My school has purchased Blue Yeti mics to facilitate hybrid learning. I have been asked to find the best practices for cleaning them, as we will be sharing. I believe they will be stationary and teachers will only need to plug in their own individual computers as they move from room to room, but they would like protocols for cleaning, and none of the cleaners are theatre trained. Thoughts? Resources? Thanks!

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Elisabeth Ledwell
Falmouth MA
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Rod Reilly posted on this a couple of weeks ago, it was a good post, please look it up

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Jerry Onik
V.P. Theatrical Supplies and Equipment
Omaha NE
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Original Message:
Sent: 07-29-2020 09:51
From: Elisabeth Ledwell
Subject: Sanitizing Microphones

My school has purchased Blue Yeti mics to facilitate hybrid learning. I have been asked to find the best practices for cleaning them, as we will be sharing. I believe they will be stationary and teachers will only need to plug in their own individual computers as they move from room to room, but they would like protocols for cleaning, and none of the cleaners are theatre trained. Thoughts? Resources? Thanks!

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Elisabeth Ledwell
Falmouth MA
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Jerry and Guy

Thanks for pointing Elisabeth to my previous post.  Didn't want to repost a response for fear of tooting my own horn.

Perhaps the best solution is for each teacher/user to just drape a disposable face mask over the mic and discard it when they finish, leaving behind a pristine mic for the next user

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Rod Reilly
Owner, Bodymics
908-899-1277
Somerset NJ
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Original Message:
Sent: 07-30-2020 06:45
From: Jerry Onik
Subject: Sanitizing Microphones

Rod Reilly posted on this a couple of weeks ago, it was a good post, please look it up

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Jerry Onik
V.P. Theatrical Supplies and Equipment
Omaha NE

Original Message:
Sent: 07-29-2020 09:51
From: Elisabeth Ledwell
Subject: Sanitizing Microphones

My school has purchased Blue Yeti mics to facilitate hybrid learning. I have been asked to find the best practices for cleaning them, as we will be sharing. I believe they will be stationary and teachers will only need to plug in their own individual computers as they move from room to room, but they would like protocols for cleaning, and none of the cleaners are theatre trained. Thoughts? Resources? Thanks!

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Elisabeth Ledwell
Falmouth MA
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This link should take you to the post Jerry mentioned:

https://www.schooltheatre.org/communities/community-home/digestviewer/viewthread?GroupId=133&MessageKey=371315db-cddc-42b0-9a18-cbbeb3cb34f5&CommunityKey=35d3756e-031c-447e-a020-14aeb57718f1&tab=digestviewer

As Rod pointed out in his post, the original link was a little questionable.  I did find this page with some actual recommendations from Shure: 
https://service.shure.com/s/article/how-should-i-clean-my-microphone?language=en_US


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Guy Barbato
Theatre Teacher/Director
Leonardtown MD
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Original Message:
Sent: 07-29-2020 09:51
From: Elisabeth Ledwell
Subject: Sanitizing Microphones

My school has purchased Blue Yeti mics to facilitate hybrid learning. I have been asked to find the best practices for cleaning them, as we will be sharing. I believe they will be stationary and teachers will only need to plug in their own individual computers as they move from room to room, but they would like protocols for cleaning, and none of the cleaners are theatre trained. Thoughts? Resources? Thanks!

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Elisabeth Ledwell
Falmouth MA
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