Personal Protective Equipment

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Personal Protective Equipment

• For Tulane Employees Who Have the Potential to
  Use PPE

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Objectives

• To know how to assess work area for personal
  protective equipment use
• To understand the importance of providing
  adequate amounts and sizes of personal
  protective equipment
• To understand why a worker should not wear
  personal protective equipment outside
  workstations
• To know how to store personal protective
  equipment properly

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Assessment of Work Area for Personal Protective
Equipment

• Each work area ( lab, shop, studio) that uses
  hazardous materials, works with potentially
  infectious substances and / or work with
  equipment that can pinch, compress, or radiate
  intensive heat or light must assess the need for
  personal protective equipment when work practices
  and/or engineering controls do not lessen or
  eliminate these hazards

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Assessment of Work Area for Personal Protective
Equipment

• Assessment for personal protective equipment must
  be done per hazard (physical and/chemical)
• Chemical
• Biological
• Radiological
• Noise
• Vibration
• Light
• Assessment for personal protective equipment must
  be done per area of body the hazard will affect
• Assessments must be done every two years and/or
  when new personal protective equipment is needed.

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Assessment of Work Area for Personal Protective
Equipment

• Areas of the body in which assessments must be
  done are as follows
• Head eyes, ears, respiratory
• Hand wrist, fingers and palms
• Body Torso and legs
• Foot Shins and feet

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Assessment of Work Area for Personal Protective
Equipment

• Once the need for personal protective equipment
  is established, then equipment must be acquired
  for each worker that the hazard affects.
• Personal protective equipment shall be made
  available in adequate amounts and different
  sizes.
• Personal protective equipment must be stored in
  accordance with manufacturer suggestions that it
  will not be damaged, distorted or contaminated.

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Use of Personal Protective Equipment

• All who wear personal protective equipment must
  be trained on its uses, limitations and proper
  decontamination /storage.
• Those who wear personal protective equipment must
  not wear it outside their work area
• If personal protective equipment is reusable, it
  must be properly cleaned and decontaminated
  before it is removed and stored.
• All personal protective equipment must be stored
  in a clean and safe manner

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Types of Eye Protection

• Safety glasses
• Splash goggles
• Prescription safety glasses must be made
  available (if required) by departmental
  supervisors
• Notes
• Contact lenses do not provide eye protection
  unless worn with safety glasses or goggles.
• Face Shields alone do not offer eye protection
  they must be used with safety glasses or goggles

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Types of Protective Clothing

• Aprons
• They must be cleaned if contaminated with
  hazardous materials
• They must be replaced if torn, ripped or tattered
  
• Chemical Suits
• If disposal able, they must be handled properly
  and discarded as hazardous waste
• If reusable, they must be properly cleaned
  ,decontaminated and stored for next use.
• Laboratory Coats
• Must be worn only inside the work area
• Must be removed before leaving work area for
  breaks, lunch and end of the work day.
• Must be cleaned by a professional cleaning
  service DONT TAKE HOME LAB COATS FOR WASHING

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Types of Hand Protection

• Latex Gloves
• Supervisors must supply adequate supplies and
  sizes
• Work and supervisor should be aware of latex
  allergies
• Rubber Gloves
• Must be worn when working with highly corrosive
  or toxic materials
• Must be cleaned, decontaminated and stored
  properly after each use
• Temperature Resistant Gloves

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Types of Foot Protection

• Rubber Booties
• Chemical Resistant Shoes
• Steel-toe Shoes
• Surgical Coverings

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Respiratory Protection

• TB- Masks Respirators
• Chemical Gas Respirators
• Dust / Particles Respirators

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Respiratory Protection

• Respiratory protective equipment is need when
  work practices and engineering controls cannot
  eliminate the inhalation hazard. The selection
  and type is based on the air contaminate. The
  following must be done in order to wear a
  respirator
• The wear must receive OEHS written policies and
  procedures for respiratory protection
• The worker must be clean shaved
• The wear must have a medical evaluation to
  determine the wears ability to wear a respirator
• The worker must be fit-tested by OEHS on an
  annual basis or when the worker facial features
  has changed dramatically

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Summary

• PPE assessment forms must be filled out and
  submitted to OEHS every three years
• PPE must be adequate for the job and various in
  sizes and styles must be provided
• Personal protective equipment must not be worn
  outside workstations
• Personal protective equipment must be stored
  properly so that it will not be damaged

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Tulane UniversityOffice of Environmental Health
Safety (OEHS) www.som.tulane.edu/oehs Bruce
McClue, Hazardous Waste Supervisor (504)
988-2865 / bmcclue_at_tulane.eduIf unable to
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