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Hi Chris, Hope this finds you well? I fear you misunderstand me - the risk assessment is ongoing and we are not so worried about the body PPE its the question of whether respiratory protection is required and the manufacturer is being reticent When I have seen sewage workers in the past they have not work any BA but that was last Century so I am hoping some more up to date practitioners can update me Lynda Bruce Aberdeen -----Original Message----- From: Chris Packham <[log in to unmask]> To: OCC-HEALTH <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tue, 7 Jul 2015 14:45 Subject: Re: [OCC-HEALTH] Maintainance and repair of bedpan macerator in Hospital -Advised PPE for maintainance workers Lynda You were asked about which glove? Who was doing the risk assessment? If they are competent to do the risk assessment then they should also be competent to decide on the glove required. As I have no direct knowledge of what the task involves I can imagine a whole raft of different scenarios that might dictate the type of PPE, even whether respiratory protection, whole body protection, etc. would be needed. Remember that according to COSHH and PPE regulations gloves are a ‘last resort’. Could the risk be reduced in any way by technical methods, e.g. removal of contamination by cleaning machinery? Remember the golden rule with gloves. All gloves fail to danger! So what might be the risk to health were the gloves to fail? How are you going to protect against that? Just a few of the considerations that I would apply were I to be charged with the responsibility of ensuring that the task can be carried out safely. Best regards Chris Chris Packham FRSPH, FIIRSM, FInstSMM, MCMI, MBICSc EnviroDerm Services Unit 10, Building 11, The Mews, Mitcheldean, GL17 0SN Tel: 01386 832 311 Mobile: 07818 035 898 ******************************** Please remove this footer before replying. OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html CONFERENCES AND STUDY DAYS: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH ******************************** Please remove this footer before replying. OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html CONFERENCES AND STUDY DAYS: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH