How to use medical protective clothing safely

How to use medical protective clothing safely?

Preparation stage for safe use of protective clothing

Before wearing, we must ensure the applicability of chemical protective clothing, that is, whether the protective clothing is in good condition.

Check the appearance of the protective clothing to see if there is contamination on the surface, whether the suture is cracked or not, and whether there is a tear in the clothing. For the air tight protective clothing, the special air tightness detector should be used to carry out the air tightness test regularly (once every half a year), so that the protective clothing can play a role in emergency wear. It's very important to check before wearing. If only judged by experience, the equipment that is considered safe may cause serious injury accidents if it is not safe in fact.

The size is correct. Before wearing, make sure that the size of the protective clothing is suitable for your own size. Too large or too small will cause inconvenience in operation or accidental hanging and tearing.

Remove sharp objects and remove unnecessary keys, knives, pens, etc. from the body to avoid damage to protective clothing during work.

The dressing room is an ideal place to dress. If not, it should be carried out in a relatively pollution-free environment. In case of emergency rescue, clothing should be carried out in cold areas.

Before using chemical protective clothing, other necessary auxiliary systems such as gas supply equipment and decontamination equipment should be ready.

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Wearing stage of protective clothing for safe use

The wearing of protective clothing should follow a certain order, which can ensure the correct and rapid wearing of protective clothing, play the role of protective clothing in work, and lay the foundation for safely taking off after use. We should follow the order of gloves and trousers. Then, in order to improve the airtightness of the whole system, adhesive tape can be applied at the openings (such as placket, cuff, trousers, mask and hood of protective clothing). To enhance hand protection, you can choose to wear two layers of gloves and so on. In the whole process, try to prevent the inner layer of the protective clothing from contacting the external environment, so as to avoid the protective clothing from being polluted at the beginning.

Use of protective clothing in work

In the process of work, it should be noted that chemical protective clothing must be replaced within the specified protection time when it is continuously polluted by chemicals. If the chemical protective clothing is damaged, it should be replaced immediately.

For air tight protective clothing or non air tight protective clothing with good sealing performance, it is recommended to follow the principle of two people walking together because they work in a relatively isolated space, that is, at least two people shall enter the working area together, so as to provide timely rescue in case of any situation.

Chemical protective clothing fabric can provide effective protection for several hours, but if you wear an air respirator, the working time is determined by the working time of the air respirator. Pay attention to the effective use time of the air respirator, and replace it before the cylinder is used up. When calculating the effective working time, the time of walking and changing equipment should be considered.

Correct wearing and taking off sequence of protective clothing

The principle of taking off protective clothing is to take off the protective clothing safely without causing pollution to human body and environment. It is important to emphasize here, but it is often overlooked that the necessary decontamination should be carried out before taking off the chemical protective clothing. The purpose of decontamination is to take off the protective clothing safely without polluting the wearer or the environment, not for the reuse of some protective clothing. According to the different pollutants, decontamination can be very simple, such as a bucket of water to remove the general pollutants, or add some detergent to wash. At this time, we should pay attention to some chemicals, such as concentrated sulfuric acid, which will have a violent exothermic reaction with water. At this time, the chemicals on the surface of clothes should be sucked off first, and then washed with water. This can avoid high heat damage to the protective clothing, and then cause pollution and harm to the wearer.

After decontamination, take off chemical protective clothing also need to follow certain procedures, generally zipper - hat - coat - sleeve - glove - trouser leg - boot - respirator. Before taking off the gloves, try to contact the outer surface of the protective clothing, and after taking off the gloves, try to contact the inner surface of the protective clothing. After taking off the protective clothing, the inner surface should face outward, and the outer surface and pollutants should be wrapped in it to avoid pollutants contacting human body and environment. The removed protective equipment should be treated in a centralized way to avoid expanding pollution in the process.

It should be explained here that another assistant is recommended to assist the wearer in wearing complicated and bulky protective clothing such as air tight or liquid tight protective clothing, which can help the wearer to carry out some difficult work such as adjustment and chain pulling, and check the condition of the whole protective clothing after wearing it. When taking off the protective clothing, the assistant should also take proper protection to avoid contamination due to possible contact with pollutants.

The necessary training and drills will help the protective clothing to play a better protective effect

Every person who needs to wear chemical protective clothing should be trained in advance. This can be done by the supplier of protective clothing or by experienced staff. In addition to all the matters mentioned above, it is also important to emphasize the importance of keeping the protective clothing tightly worn (zipper, opening and connection with other protective equipment, etc.) for safety, because it may not be very comfortable for workers who wear protective clothing every day, but it is very important for the whole chemical protection system to play a good role and ensure safety This