[labnetwork] safety shower kit

[Mary Tang]

Hi Iulian -

You bring up a couple of excellent points.  While we don't have a kit in 
our lab, we've had at each shower, a disposable cleanroom suit in a bag 
labeled "Modesty covering" and the showers have curtains.  Particularly 
with the diverse communities we have, it's important to recognize 
individual social/gender barriers which can prevent appropriate action 
from being taken.  This was brought home by an industrial accident I'd 
helped review years ago where a hot phosphoric tank "blew up" (when 185 
C was the norm - a superheated water layer suddenly inverted as the 
operator removed a cassette of wafers, resulted in a geyser.)  The 
emergency shower had no curtain so the unfortunate operator fought off 
all attempts to help remove affected clothing...

We also have hospital scrubs in a variety of sizes kept in plastic bags 
in our "spill cart" which is in an adjacent "gray" area of the lab, 
accessible from the cleanroom.  (Now that you mention it, I think we 
should also include towels.)  And in the event that a safety shower is 
used or warranted, all cleanroom protocols go out the window.

Mary


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On 12/2/2016 3:04 PM, Iulian Codreanu wrote:
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> I have been thinking about assembling a safety shower kit; things like 
> blankets and towels come to mind.  My understanding is that materials 
> that are cleanroom compatible are not very absorbent; a compromise 
> between cleanliness and absorbance may be the way to go. I would like 
> to learn what you make available to your folks in the event that a 
> safety shower is used.
>
> Thank you very much for your consideration and input,
>
> Iulian
>

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