It’s easy to think of personal protective equipment (PPE) wearables when you’re evaluating your cleanroom. Suiting up with full coverings is standard operating procedure. But what might not be as noticeable is contamination introduced by writing materials. Pens, paper and clipboards are capable of shedding fuzz, lint and paper particles as well as transferring chemicals, biological agents and pathogens.
For these reasons, it’s important to have the righ...
Most industries and businesses agree that safety should be the #1 priority, but not all of them actually follow through to ensure their employees are as safe as possible all of the time. Workplace safety encompasses so much time, money and knowledge that many businesses just don’t have the resources to fully master it. That’s why at Medco Supplies we’ve compiled the top 3 mistakes that businesses make regarding workplace safety.
Mistake #1: Ignorance is...
Personal protective equipment (PPE) is notorious for causing heat stress. When you're suited up, your body quickly overheats. Being alert to how you are feeling and how your coworkers are doing is the first step in preventing serious heat related illness. Learn the signs of heat illness so you know what to do.
The cleanroom finger cots are always dust-free as well as available in latex and nitrile. When handling sensitive electronic devices or static sensitive items, a finger cot is placed over your fingers. The purpose of finger cot out there would be to prevent the passage of static particles from your body to the products you are actually working on.
Medco Safety Products offers a wide range of disposable and reusable workwear for use in cleanrooms. Cleanrooms are controlled environments in which certain concentrations of particles in the air are limited. The standards eliminate the potential sources of contamination that people normally cause.
