Contamination Prevention

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Contamination Prevention
Worker Protection Standard
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Worker Protection Standard

• Protections
• Restricted entry
• Personal protective equipment (PPE)
• Notifications

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Worker Protection Standard

• Decontamination
• Emergency assistance
• Training, posters, information

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Worker

• Anyone performing activities relating to the
  production or
• analysis of a
• chemical

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Anyone

• Mixing, handling, applying, or disposing of
  containers
• Cleaning, repairing equipment

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Information posting requirements

• Emergency information
• Safety poster

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Emergency information posting

• Name, telephone number, and address of the
  nearest emergency medical facility

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Safety information posting

• Federal rules
• Avoid contact
• Wear protective clothing
• Keep out of restricted areas

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Safety information posting

• Wash
• before eating, drinking
• after contact
• after work
• work clothes separately

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Safety information provided

• Chemicals may be present
• Follow safety postings SOPs

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Training requirement for workers

• Where chemicals may be encountered
• Hazards
• Routes of entry

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Training requirement for workers

• Signs/symptoms
• First aid/medical care
• Decontamination

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Training requirement for workers

• Residues on clothing
• Taking chemicals, containers home
• Use and entry restrictions

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Training requirement for workers

• Warning signs/oral warning
• Specific application information

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Training requirement for workers

• Labels
• Hazards
• Routes of entry
• Signs/symptoms

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Training requirement workers

• First aid/medical care
• Decontamination
• Personal protective equipment (PPE)

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Training requirement for workers

• Safe handling
• Drift, waste, and cross contamination
• Always remember that good housekeeping is key to
  minimizing exposure and cross contamination.

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Training requirement

• Taking chemical, containers home is not allowed
• Review SOPs and application procedures first

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Entry restrictions

• Only trained, personnel will be allowed to work
  with chemicals
• Monitor personnel using chemicals

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Entry restrictions

• Guests are prohibited from entry in lab areas or
  restricted-entry areas unless authorized by
  management

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Allowed Entry

• Observe any time limits
• Wear PPE
• Know hazards, first aid

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Before Departure

• When leaving the lab area
• Wash hand thoroughly
• A minimum of 10 seconds friction is required
• Wash before eating, drinking

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Contaminated Items

• Do not remove
• potentially contaminated items
• (i.e. pens, notebooks, etc.) from the lab area

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Warning signs

• Verify that warning
• signs are posted
• Verify that the
• sings are legible

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Warning signs

• Also verify sign
• Location
• Required wording
• Required design
• Size
• Additional information

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Oral warnings

• Location, description of treated area
• Restricted-entry interval
• Instructions not to enter

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Labels

• Always follow SOP and label instructions

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Personal protective equipment (PPE)

• PPE requirements depend on
• type of Chemical
• method of application
• level of exposure
• Always inspect your PPE
• before each use.
• Monitor your PPE for
• degradation.
• Replace PPE as needed

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Exposure(s)

• There are four basic types of exposure
• Inhalation
• Eye contact
• Skin contact
• Ingestion
• Avoid nervous habits such as
• Touching your face or other exposed areas,
• Putting pens or other objects in or near your
• mouth or hair.

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Worker decontamination requirements

• Decontamination
• sites must have
• Enough water for washing, eye flush
• Soap, single-use towels

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Decontamination requirements

• Enough water for emergency body flush, eye flush
• Clean change of clothes
• Soap, clean towels, enough water to wash
  thoroughly

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Equipment decontamination requirements

• Soap, clean towels, enough water or required
  cleaning solution to wash equipment thoroughly
• Equipment shall be decontaminated after each use

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Emergency assistance

• Transportation must be available
• Provide
• product name, EPA registration number,
  ingredients
• antidote, first aid, label information

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Emergency assistance

• Provide description of
• how the chemical was being used
• how the person was exposed

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The Golden Rule

• Be mindful of those who worked before you and
  considerate of those who will work after you.