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Subject: Re: Safe Procedure?
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:34:30 -0700
Author: NEAL LANGERMAN
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Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 16:10:19 -0400
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From: James Gilbert <jlgilbert**At_Symbol_Here**NC.RR.COM>
Subject: Re: Pull-Down Eyewash Units
In-Reply-To: <BAY156-w11D5FBE6CD5A1F02A84E0AC4980**At_Symbol_Here**phx.gbl>
BE VIGILANT!! Even if the equipment is ANSI compliant they must still be installed properly. Personal experience has shown that incorrectly installed equipment may not be fixed because the building occupants don't want to take the time to get it fixed even if they don't have to pay for the contractor's mistakes. Make sure the contractor is installing them correctly, even if it means walking around with a measuring tape!
James
---- Alan Hall wrote:
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> Magaret,
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> Please be sure you are using the latest ANSI Standard: ANSI/ISEA Z358.1-2009 American National Standard for Emergency Eyewash and Shower
> Equipment (there are earlier versions, but some things have changed). If so, then any equipment manufacture whose products meet all the criteria in the Standard should be acceptable. If you are NOT using the latest version, I highly recommend you obtain a copy from:
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> International Safety Equipment Association (ISEA)
> 1901 North Moore street
> Arlington, VA 22209-1762
> (703) 525-1695
> www.safetyequipment.org
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> Best contact person there is Cristine Fargo.
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> We are still working on a Selection and Use Guide to accompany the Standard, and Cristine Fargo could advise you on its status.
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> NOTE: I get no financial compensation from this organization.
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> Alan
> Alan H. Hall, M.D.
> Voting Member, ISEA Emergency Eyewash and Shower Equipment Product Interest Group
> ahalltoxic**At_Symbol_Here**msn.com
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> Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 13:54:37 -0400
> From: mrakas**At_Symbol_Here**SMITH.EDU
> Subject: [DCHAS-L] Pull-Down Eyewash Units
> To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**LIST.UVM.EDU
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> Good afternoon--
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> We are performing renovations, and the project engineers, citing cost savings, have made the suggestion to install pull-down eyewash stations which are ANSI compliant (what they have suggested is a Guardian GBF 1849 unit that would be sink-mounted and appropriate for both handicapped and other users; tempered water would be piped to the eyewash).
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> If you have experience with pull-down units similar to this and would like to share good/bad/indifferent thoughts on their use in training students, maintenance, and operation, I would welcome your comments--my only experience has been with the 'paddle'-type eyewash units which have their own basin and are generally plumbed to the sanitary line. Please feel free to contact me off-line if you would prefer...I would also be willing to share responses (scrubbed of any identifying info) if you would be willing.
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> Lastly, if you have labs with these units and your institution is located in Connecticut, Massachusetts, or southern Vermont and would be able to spend 20 minutes showing me them in actual operation, I would be most grateful!
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> Many thanks to a group with awesome knowledge and experience!
> Margaret
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> Margaret A. Rakas, Ph.D.
> Manager, Inventory & Regulatory Affairs
> Clark Science Center
> Smith College
> Northampton, MA. 01063
> p: 413-585-3877
> f: 413-585-3786
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