In summary, personal protective equipment is personal for a reason. One of the many recommendations to prevent the spread of potential infections, including COVID-19, is to “keep personal items personal”. This includes avoiding sharing personal items such as towels, sheets, razors, clothing, athletic equipment and, yes, electrical PPE should be on this list too!
Well said Hugh. I’ve heard a few companies already begin to hang onto the misinformation being dispensed about normal washing not effectively dispensing the virus. Thanks for being clear about soap and water being a great weapon to fight Corona. Further, I also agree that the cycle life of these Kits is extended, so maybe it’s time for companies to re-think the concept of community PPE, and begin purchasing individual kits for their electricians. They probably would take better care of them if they’re personally assigned, as a result.
Excellent info once again my friend. Thanks!
Interesting we just had to deal with the issue of sharing PPE, especially arc flash PPEs regarding COVID-19. Once this crisis is under control I’m sure we’ll be re-evaluating when and how we share PPEs and more than likely, issue each employee with their own set with the exception of the few cases where we have to wear arc flash gear at > 50 cal/cm2 due to the high incident energy level of the equipment. However on the bright side, having to buy all our employees with personal arc flash PPEs may provide us with executive management’s support for installing remote racking equipment, which will remove the employee completely from the hazard, i.e. Elimination.
Thanks Hugh
That is an excellent point George. The suits are pretty easy to wash. Hoods not so much.
Thank you for the information. Excellent points about shared PPE.
Great comments and input Hugh. Thanks for sharing.
Barb Fitzgeorge
TyndaleUSA.com
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UVGI is a promising method to reach 99,9% of disinfection, can be this technology used to cleaning our Arc Flash PPE? How often?
We have looked into this. UV works well but takes time and will not be good for the UV blockers in arc flash shields and it does not go around curves so doesn’t work well on porous services. There are many options but UVGI isn’t a good one most likely.