Hand washing facilities

Personal Hygiene Practices. All personnel should wear disposable or other type gloves resistant to research materials (3) and wash their hands immediately after removing gloves following the completion of any procedure in which chemical carcinogens are used. A hand washing facility should be made available within the laboratory. 

Personnel should be instructed to use the hand-washing facilities. 

Adequate changing rooms and clean and well-ventilated toilets provided with adequate hand washing facilities should be provided, toilets being adequately isolated from any manufacturing by at least an air lock. Odour-masking agents should not be used in toilets. 

Hand-washing facilities should be provided near working areas. These should include—... 

Hand-washing facilities are provided only in changing rooms. 

Personnel air-locks have a special importance in the case when the central changing room is far from the manufacturing area. These air-locks should be equipped with hand washing facilities and possibly for changing shoes and work clothing. 

Are adequate hand washing facilities available (hot water, soap and towel) ... 

The health and safety regulations make the main contractor responsible for the health, safety and welfare of all workers on the construction site. The main contractor must put in place a health and safety policy for each construction site and provide guardrails, working platforms, lighting, toilets, hand-washing facilities, first aid and site accommodation. There is also a duty to wear head protection on-site, including electricians. 

Never bend, recap, or remove contaminated needles and other contaminated sharps except as noted in 29 CFR 1910.1030. Employers must provide readily accessible hand washing facilities and ensure that employees wash their hands immediately or as soon as feasible after removal of gloves. 

Discuss hand washing and location of hand washing facilities. 

D) Hand washing facilities in accordance with paragraph (i)(5) of this section. 

Hand Washing facilities. (I) The employer shall provide adequate handwashing facilities for use by employees exposed to lead in accordance with 29 CFR 1926.51(f). 

The standard lists certain tasks which may likely result in exposures to lead in excess of the PEL and, in some cases, exposures in excess of 50 times the PEL. If you are performing any of these tasks, your employer must provide you with appropriate respiratory protection, protective clothing and equipment, change areas, hand washing facilities, biological monitoring, and training until such time that an exposure assessment is conducted which demonstrates that your exposure level is below the PEL. 

If hand washing facilities are not available, employees must be provided with antiseptic hand cleanser, clean cloth/paper towels, or antiseptic towelettes. In this instance, employees must be instructed to wash their hands with soap and running water as soon as possible. 

Are hand washing facilities provided that are easily accessible to all employees Are contaminated needles bent or recapped by hand ... 

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