Eyewash and Safety Shower
Emergency eyewash stations and safety shower stations are essential pieces of equipment for every laboratory and/or facility that uses chemicals and hazardous substances. When properly and promptly used, emergency eyewash and safety shower stations reduce the severity of workplace injury.
An eyewash station is a unit for washing out chemicals or substances that might have splashed into an individual's eyes. The individual needs to flush their eyes for at least 15 minutes. If the individual is wearing contact lens, they must be removed. Hold your head so that the affected eye is at the lowest point to prevent the contamination from flowing from one eye into the other. Direct the flow from the inner corner of the eye to the outer corner. Hold your eyelid open to allow the eyewash solution to flow across your eye. Look up, down, and from side to side while flushing to ensure that you allow the eyewash solution to remove any contaminates trapped under the eyelids.
A safety shower is a unit designed to wash an individual's head and body which has come into contact with a hazardous substance. Large volumes of water are used, and a user typically needs to take off any clothing, including shoes, that has been contaminated. Safety showers cannot be used for flushing an individual's eyes due to the high pressure of water from the shower, which can damage a user's eyes.
A drench hose is a piece of equipment used to spray water on a specific spot of chemical exposure on an individual's body. The benefit of a drench hose is that it can be used to help an individual who cannot reach a normal eyewash or shower station or where an eyewash and/or shower station are unavailable.
A combination unit is a unit such as a shower station, eyewash station, and drench hose that share the same water supply plumbing. This unit is useful in a location where hazardous materials with different chemical properties are used.
Emergency eyewash stations and safety shower stations are essential pieces of equipment for every laboratory and/or facility that uses chemicals and hazardous substances. When properly and promptly used, emergency eyewash and safety shower stations reduce the severity of workplace injury.
An eyewash station is a unit for washing out chemicals or substances that might have splashed into an individual's eyes. The individual needs to flush their eyes for at least 15 minutes. If the individual is wearing contact lens, they must be removed. Hold your head so that the affected eye is at the lowest point to prevent the contamination from flowing from one eye into the other. Direct the flow from the inner corner of the eye to the outer corner. Hold your eyelid open to allow the eyewash solution to flow across your eye. Look up, down, and from side to side while flushing to ensure that you allow the eyewash solution to remove any contaminates trapped under the eyelids.
A safety shower is a unit designed to wash an individual's head and body which has come into contact with a hazardous substance. Large volumes of water are used, and a user typically needs to take off any clothing, including shoes, that has been contaminated. Safety showers cannot be used for flushing an individual's eyes due to the high pressure of water from the shower, which can damage a user's eyes.
A drench hose is a piece of equipment used to spray water on a specific spot of chemical exposure on an individual's body. The benefit of a drench hose is that it can be used to help an individual who cannot reach a normal eyewash or shower station or where an eyewash and/or shower station are unavailable.
A combination unit is a unit such as a shower station, eyewash station, and drench hose that share the same water supply plumbing. This unit is useful in a location where hazardous materials with different chemical properties are used.