March 16 through 22 is National Poison Prevention Week, so this is a good time to retrain on poison prevention precautions.
Check with the safety data sheet (SDS) and your supervisor for the proper personal protective equipment (PPE) to use, which may include:
- Gloves
- Safety goggles or glasses
- Protective suits or other clothing
- Protective boots or boot covers
- Respirator
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If your PPE gets contaminated, remove it in the proper sequence to prevent further contamination. Here’s how:
- Avoid touching contaminated clothing. When you unfasten contaminated snaps and zippers, wear gloves or hold the clothing from the inside.
- Remove items from the upper body first and work your way down.
- Place clothing immediately and properly in containers for disposal or decontamination.
Finally, follow these good hygiene habits to help protect yourself and your family from contamination:
- Keep food, coffee mugs, and other nonessential items out of the work area.
- Wash thoroughly before eating, drinking, smoking, or using the toilet if you’ve been working where you could have been exposed to hazardous substances.
- Don’t keep PPE or work clothes in the same locker with your personal clothing.
- Wash thoroughly after any potential exposure to a hazardous substance—for at least 15 minutes if you know you were exposed.
- Shower and change clothes when possible before leaving work.
- Launder work clothes separately from other clothing or linens.
- Don’t take tools, scrap, packaging, and similar items home.
Find out more at www.poisonprevention.org.
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