Protective clothing clean areas

Remove protective clothing in a changing area provided with wash basin, and lockers for clean and dirty clothing. 

Many firms use the so-called clean-zone concept, in which the restrictions on personnel entering a production area and the required protective clothing are based on the nature of a product— whether the product is prone to the growth of microbes or whether it is required to be sterile. Even for products not required to be sterile or that are not supportive of microbial growth, this concept controls the production environment through reduction of bioburden. 

Entry to a clean or aseptic area should be through a changing room fitted with interlocking doors this acts as an airlock to prevent influx of air from outside. This route is for personnel only, not for the transfer of materials and equipment. Staff entering the changing room should already be clad in the standard factory or hospital protective clothing. 

Environment - it is important to remember that the primary management described above may be severely limited by the need of the rescuer to wear protective clothing. Therefore, only those skilled in these techniques and trained in protective clothing should enter and treat casualties in a contaminated area. All others should await the casualties arrival in cold/clean zone, following decontamination. 

SPILL CLEAN-UP Wear impervious protective clothing, including boots, chemical-resistant gloves, lab coat, apron or coveralls war splash-proof safety goggles enclose operations and/or use local exhaust ventilation at site of chemical release use self-contained breathing apparatus maintain eyewash baths and safety showers in work area. 

PERSONAL PROTECTION. wear clean body-covering clothing and protective gloves use chemical safety goggles a closed system of local exhaust ventilation is recommended to control emissions at the source and to prevent dispersion into general work area half-face... 

PERSONAL PROTECTION wear clean body-covering clothing and protective gloves use dust- and splash-proof safety goggles appropnate respirators are needed in areas where exposure would be above the permissible exposure level a system of local and/or general exhaust ventilation is recommended in the event of a fire, wear self-contained breathing apparatus with full face-piece operated in positive pressure mode maintain eyewash fountains and quick-drench facilities in work area. 

SPILL CLEAN-UP isolate spill or leak area immediately wear protective clothing and equipment when cleaning up a spill vacuum spill or use other methods which avoid raising dust take up with sand or other noncombustible absorbent material and place into containers for later disposal remove all sources of ignition. 

SPILL CLEAN-UP restrict persons not wearing protective equipment and clothing from areas of release until cleanup has been completed ventilate area of the release to disperse the fume. 

At the first echelon of medical care, the chemical casualty is contaminated and both he and the triage officer are in protective clothing. Furthermore, the first medical care given to the casualty is in a contaminated area, on the hot or dirty side of the hotline at the emergency treatment station (see Figure 13-1 in Chapter 13, Field Management of Chemical Casualties). This is unlike the clean side of the hotline at any echelon of care where casualties are decontaminated before they enter, or un-... 

Individuals not involved directly in the accident should evacuate the laboratory and the area must be decontaminated by persons wearing proper protective clothing. Only those individuals who have received documented training as required by the OSHA Bloodborne Pathogen standard are allowed to clean up any materials that might be contaminated by human blood, other bodily fluids, mucous, or tissue. It may be necessary to chemically decontaminate the entire exposed space. However, each incident needs to be treated on a case-by-case basis. 

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