Safetyhood 

Low cost compliance to new EEC guidelines in PPE for terrorism and industrial accidents

These hoods comply to European Guidance  CEN WA 43 (link) and the Israeli standard PM750 (link)

 

The EEC Committee on guidance standards (CEN) have just published their new CBRN PPE guidance  on the protection of responders, victims and potential victims.

While PPE regulations remain in operation for occupational use this new guidance has been developed from a gap analysis which recognised that protective devices could not legally or effectively be distributed in emergency situations.

The EEC workshop agreement CEN 43 provides the guidance for simple easy to use one size fits all emergency protection during evacuation through a hazardous or “Hot Zone”

The minimum requirements are for 15minute protection for either evacuation or urgent actions and follow the standard developed by the Israelis to protect their population and replace the cumbersome full face respirator.

The new guidance provides notes on the threat stakeholder duties and types of equipment which should be made available to employees, visitors to their buildings or facilities and could affect a large percentage of European workplaces and meeting venues.

The new Guidance covers various groups potentially at risk from terrorist, accidental and occupational exposure with minimum but specific Nominal Protection Factors as follows:

(1)    Accidental exposure to unknown hazards

·         Duty Holder  NPF 500

·         Initial Responder or Emergency Services  NPF 1000

·         Victims NPF 50

 

(2)    Occupational Response exposure to known hazards

·         Emergency Services NPF 2000 PAPR or SCBA

The Safetyhood provides an economic solution for compliance of the new CEN WA 43 specifically in section 1 and is manufactured to the Israeli PM 750 standard.

The cost per hood is less than £10 and quantity discounts are available.

The threat of bio-terroism and CBR chemical biological radiological agents has been declared to be with us for 30 years. The safety hood was designed to protect the citizen and provides escape protection against terrorist CBR agents smoke and dust. Fitted with a multiple filter and sealing around the neck it provides better protection than a respirator although for only 20 to 30 minutes. This should be enough time to escape through the contaminate.

Thinking of getting protection? Neck sealing Hoods provide better protection than any mask or respirator but you should buy now as stocks always run out in times of heightened threat or awareness.

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Although death may be unlikely, chronic health effects may result from exposure to contaminates.  Escape routes may often be through contamination such as smoke, asbestos, or CBR agents.The safetyhood provides emergency escape protection wherever you are with the low cost pocket respirator. (see HSE assessment "Downloads").
911 survivors report 53% new or worse breathing difficulties, 31% sustained  eye injuries. 

Biohood100 "swine flu"  
The possibility of flu pandemic, SARS and Swine or other emerging or developing disease requires adequate PPE personl protective equipement. The usually accepted PPE mask or respirator of FFP3 or N95 provided adequate protection against some bacteria but recently published studies found that during the SARS epidemic of 2003 that all health care professionals wearing these respirators  and exposed to SARS caught it (see Downloads) All masks and respirators leak when the mouth, jaw or facial muscles or neck  move and this causes inward leakage, by passing the filtration. Flu can also be contracted through the eyes and these must be protected. The Biohood100 removes this leakage factor and provides total protection to eyes, ears, mouth and nose, sealing around the neck it prevents the acknowledged leakage factors it ensures the air you breath has been filtered.