About EBSA18 - Course D - Personal protection equipment (PPE) – what to wear and what NOT to wear - Can you trust your PPE? Who guarantees that?

Instructors:
Ulrika Allard Bengtsson, Institution National Veterinary Institute, Uppsala, Sweden
Per Staugaard, Institution Biosafety training & Consultancy,Netherlands

Description

This course will both give a theoretical overview of the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) in BSL2 and
BSL3 laboratories and also practical experience with different sorts of PPE. The course will focus on why (risk
assessment), how and when to choose adequate PPE (gloves, safety glasses, lab coats, respiratory protection,
etc.) for different purposes. The participants will have an opportunity to try and test hands-on various examples of
PPE under the supervision of experienced trainers. We will also go through how to perform fit-testing of
respirators.
Since this will be a highly interactive course the participants will have lots of opportunities to ask questions and
discuss with the trainers and the other participants.
After this course the participants will have knowledge about why, when and how to use PPE – “using the right
PPE in the right way and the right situation”.
This course is particularly suitable for laboratory managers, biosafety professionals etc, responsible for
supervision and for safety standards and training of personnel. Previous experience is not required.
The topic refers to article B17 of Annex B to the CWA 16335
The detail topics as mentioned in CWA 16335, Annex C, C.2.1.2.10, are the basis for the outline of the program

Main topics

• protective clothing
• gloves
• respiratory protection
• Other PPE (shoe covers, ear and eye protection)